Welcome to the Wholesome Wave Blog! Check back weekly for updates on community happenings, program successes and farmers market news from across United States. We’ll keep you updated on local heroes and our partners, all working to better the landscape healthful food access and affordability.
May 17, 2013
This week, both the U.S. House and Senate Agriculture Committees passed their respective versions of the Farm Bill. This coming Monday, May 20th, the full Senate will consider its version of the bill. Our Wholesome Wave policy team is keeping track of key >>Read more
May 16, 2013
(Bridgeport, CT - May 15, 2013) "Our hearts go out to everyone at Organic Valley tonight. A fire destroyed nearly two-thirds of the company’s headquarters in La Farge, Wisconsin, Tuesday evening. Fortunately, we are told none of the 400 employees there >>Read more
May 03, 2013
Farmers Market Coalition and Wholesome Wave to Host Webinar on May 6th To Answer Questions About New Eligibility Rules for Wireless EBT Machine Grants The USDA is taking new steps to ensure that every farmers market across the country is able to accept >>Read more
May 01, 2013
by Ashley Gaudiano Wholesome Wave’s 4th Annual National Partner Convening brought together over 150 enthused participants to the nation’s capital. Attendees included market managers and farmers that take part in Wholesome Wave programs and represent >>Read more
April 29, 2013
by Ashley Gaudiano Agriculture Undersecretary Kevin Concannon announced Monday (April 29, 2013) the expanded eligibility for USDA grants to improve access to fresh produce and healthy foods by SNAP recipients at farmers markets throughout the country. In >>Read more
April 23, 2013
Tom Colicchio, José Andrés, & Will Allen joined Wholesome Wave CEO Michel Nischan (Washington, D.C. - April 23, 2013) With nearly a dozen chefs at their side, local food advocates visited Capitol Hill today to encourage lawmakers to support >>Read more
April 19, 2013
Tom Colicchio, José Andrés, & Will Allen to join Wholesome Wave CEO Michel Nischan Nearly a dozen chefs will descend on Capitol Hill Tuesday, April 23, to join Wholesome Wave and its more than 60 partner organizations from 27 states across the >>Read more
April 10, 2013
Wholesome Wave partner, farmer Sarah Smith, of Skowhegan Maine Wholesome Wave partner Sarah Smith, a farmer out of Skowhegan, Maine, took center stage with Top Chef Tom Colicchio in Washington D.C. yesterday as Representative Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and >>Read more
April 05, 2013
More confirmation out of rural South Carolina that nutrition incentives programs, similar to Wholesome Wave’s Double Value Program, are effective tools to help underserved customers improve access to fruits and vegetables, improve health and boost rural >>Read more
March 25, 2013
The Defense Department selected thirteen military installations for their new innovative Healthy Base Initiative. According to the Department of Defense, the initiative aims to develop programs for service members and their families to “take charge of >>Read more
March 15, 2013
Farmers Markets as “Food Hubs” for Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program, Farm to School Procurement and Nutrition Incentives for SNAP, WIC and Seniors Barbara Coello, a senior World Bank rural economist, often visits her neighborhood DC Mt Pleasant >>Read more
March 13, 2013
Left to right, Skye Cornell, Wholesome Wave, with Yale School of Public Health Student Consulting Group members Janeen Drakes, Kimberly Miller-Tolbert, Courtney Armstrong, Shefali Kumar and Mary Traglia The wellness and prevention provisions in the >>Read more
March 06, 2013
Truro farmers briefed Massachusetts Agricultural Board Chairman Fred Dabney on the rapid growth in Truro agriculture and invited him to be a judge at the 2nd Annual Zucchini 500 scheduled for September 1, 2013 at the Truro Agriculture Fair. Francie >>Read more
March 01, 2013
by Ashley Gaudiano A compelling new documentary, A Place at the Table, takes a close look at hunger in America through the lens of three people struggling with food insecurity: Barbie, a single mother with two young children who is struggling to make ends >>Read more
February 22, 2013
SNAP sales at farmers markets increased nearly 42% between 2011 and 2012, reports Farmers Market Coalition in a recent blog post. This can in part be attributed to the increased number of farmers markets that became authorized SNAP retailers during fiscal >>Read more
February 19, 2013
The budget plan recently unveiled by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, would correct some of the critical inequities in the farm bill extension measure negotiated behind closed doors as part of the New Year “fiscal cliff” deal. The proposed >>Read more
February 14, 2013
New Public-Private Partnership with NYC Health and Hospital Corporation Made Possible by Support from the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund With the support of a $250,000 grant from the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, Wholesome Wave will partner with >>Read more
February 07, 2013
by Ashley Gaudiano On February 5th, Congressman Jim McGovern (MA) delivered a rousing speech to the House of Representatives around the theme of "End Hunger Now." This is the first in a series of speeches in the End Hunger Now campaign that Representative >>Read more
February 01, 2013
Michel Nischan, CEO & Co-Founder Wholesome Wave February 1, 2013 While the U.S. Senate has placed the Farm Bill as a top priority in the coming weeks, there has been no such commitment from the House. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas >>Read more
January 26, 2013
Due: February 28, 2013 Wholesome Wave is requesting proposals for a business plan to achieve national scale for the innovative Fruit & Vegetable Prescription Program. The successful plan will maximize and balance both social and financial returns to meet >>Read more
January 25, 2013
Michel Nischan, CEO & Co-Founder Wholesome Wave January 25, 2013 Despite the fact that “fiscal battles” could continue to delay work on writing a new Farm Bill anytime soon, Wholesome Wave is pleased that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid >>Read more
January 18, 2013
Michel Nischan, CEO & Co-Founder Wholesome Wave January 18, 2013 I hope you enjoyed the inaugural Wholesome Wave’s News in Review. Below are a few of the links that have caught my attention this week. I was encouraged to read that two top former >>Read more
January 18, 2013
Proposal to create a “Massachusetts Food Innovation Trust Fund.” As 2013 gets underway, Boston’s Mayor Tom Menino is expanding his innovative city food policy work. His latest initiative was to ask Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz to file in the State >>Read more
January 15, 2013
In an effort to support regional family farms and increase the local purchasing power of one of Washington DC’s most innovative nonprofit organizations dedicated to helping solve poverty, poor health and hunger through healthy food distribution and culinary >>Read more
January 11, 2013
Michel Nischan, CEO & Co-Founder Wholesome Wave January 11, 2013 I am excited to launch Wholesome Wave’s News in Review. Each week we will share with you some of the top news stories relevant to Wholesome Wave, our friends and supporters, covering >>Read more
January 07, 2013
by Pruitti Kerdchoochuen On December 17th, the Double Value Coupon Program (DVCP) team headed to DC to participate in the first mid-Atlantic DVCP Partners Convening to share their accomplishments and challenges of the 2012 season and brainstormed ways to >>Read more
January 03, 2013
$1.33 billion and $160 million in debt relief is available to Hispanic and female farmers through a USDA claims process until March 25, 2013. In September 2012, the USDA established a claims process to make available up to $1.33 billion to Hispanic and women >>Read more
January 02, 2013
Wholesome Wave Statement: “Like many Americans we are disappointed that Congress could not pass a Farm Bill in 2012, and was forced to partially extend the 2008 Farm Bill for 9 months through the 11th hour back-room deal on the fiscal cliff. The >>Read more
December 31, 2012
by Ashley Gaudiano You can view some photographs of the event online in our Facebook gallery. More photos and video to follow. “Some times you feel like a stranger, right now you feel like home,” sang Mary McBride to patients and staff at the CT >>Read more
December 20, 2012
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack is on a mission to rejuvenate struggling rural communities and says investing in local and regional agriculture is key to creating more jobs and encouraging people to move back into dwindling rural towns. Speaking at a >>Read more
December 20, 2012
A nationwide study commissioned by Wholesome Wave, Fair Food Network, marketumbrella.org and Roots of Change concluded that programs designed to incentivize the use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits at farmers markets significantly >>Read more
December 19, 2012
by Ashley Gaudiano Small Farms Are Having a Big Impact on DC Area Residents, Farm Credit & Country Mortgages, December 17, 2012 Robert Schubert, former Executive Director and a founder of the Washington, DC non-profit Columbia Heights Community >>Read more
December 19, 2012
by Ashley Gaudiano Encole Stewart, a retired teacher who dedicated years of service to the Bridgeport and Stratford school systems, began frequenting the East Side Farm Stand in Bridgeport, CT this year and participating in Wholesome Wave’s Double Value >>Read more
December 10, 2012
by Ashley Gaudiano This winter, farmers markets across the country are keeping their doors open for extended seasons. According to the USDA’s National Farmers Market Directory, there is a 52 percent increase in winter markets from the previous year. Of >>Read more
December 03, 2012
by Gus Schumacher Sandy’s surge devastated New York’s Lower Manhattan historic district. Seven feet of water rose to the ceilings of the first floor of hundreds of apartments, restaurants, schools and retail shops. A month later, few first- floor >>Read more
December 01, 2012
Scottish farmer Pete Ritchie shared details with visiting Wholesome Wave Executive Vice President Gus Schumacher and colleague Alan Hunt (Newcastle University), about how Scotland is working to ensure hospital in-patients, out-patients and recovering home >>Read more
November 30, 2012
by Gus Schumacher Baroness Anne Jenkin of the House of Lords and Member of Parliament Laura Sandys (C-South Thanet) welcomed Wholesome Wave Executive Vice President Gus Schumacher to a Parliamentary Committee briefing on nutrition incentives and health. The >>Read more
November 29, 2012
By Gus Schumacher , Executive Vice President—Wholesome Wave; Gus@wholesomewave.org; www.wholesomewave.org; 203-226-1112 London’s energetic Mayor Boris Johnson is famous for the success of his flawless 2012 Summer Olympics. Less known is the >>Read more
November 28, 2012
24 Boston food entrepreneurs, city and state officials and investors shared ideas at Boston City Hall November 20th, 2012. Mayor Tom Menino invited Wholesome Wave’s Gus Schumacher to co-chair this unique effort to introduce investors and funders to >>Read more
November 21, 2012
Mayor’s City Food Policy Advisors & Wholesome Wave staff meet with USDA Thirteen Mayor’s City Food Policy Advisors recently convened in Washington DC to share innovative approaches to food security, nutrition initiatives and next steps on Federal >>Read more
November 20, 2012
In celebration of Food Day 2012, Sur La Table hosted three farmers market cooking demonstrations and a weeklong customer donation challenge, all to support the work of Wholesome Wave. Beginning October 12 and continuing through October 16, Sur La Table >>Read more
November 19, 2012
In April 2012, Wholesome Wave launched a media challenge, calling for our 60+ partners to gain media exposure that best explains how Wholesome Wave and its partners are finding new and innovative ways to Nourish Neighborhoods Across America. The magnitude of >>Read more
November 13, 2012
by Amy Kleinman The food movement is sweeping across the country, gathering supporters from all walks of life, and Bridgeport is no exception. As a FoodCorps Service Member, I will be serving with Wholesome Wave and Nutritional Services in Bridgeport, >>Read more
November 07, 2012
Wholesome Wave’s innovative and successful programs have captured international attention. Designed to promote strong links between underserved communities and farmers in an effort to improve public health and strengthen local food infrastructure, the >>Read more
November 04, 2012
Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office announced that the USDA granted New York State a waiver to replace food lost by people who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in areas hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy. Beginning next week, the >>Read more
November 02, 2012
Dear Wholesome Wave Family, Partners and Friends, It has been a difficult week here on the East Coast. The effects of Hurricane Sandy are still being felt by millions. Our Wholesome Wave Bridgeport, CT office just had power restored and is now finally >>Read more
November 02, 2012
Recovery efforts continue after Hurricane Sandy slammed the East Coast Monday. The devastating storm killed at least 90 people and knocked out power to almost 9 million customers. According to the latest news reports, 4 million people are still in the >>Read more
November 01, 2012
Local food groups from across the state of Florida gathered last week to begin laying the groundwork for a regional food network. Wholesome Wave Vice President and CFO Daniel Ross led the meeting at the University of Miami's Abess Center for Ecosystem Science >>Read more
October 26, 2012
News Release October 26, 2012 (Bridgeport, CT) – Newman’s Own Foundation, started by the late actor and philanthropist Paul Newman, awarded Wholesome Wave a $300,000 grant to invest in rebuilding local food infrastructure and supporting innovative >>Read more
October 24, 2012
by Gus Schumacher George McGovern will be remembered for much during his extraordinary 90 years – for some it is for his difficult loss to Richard Nixon in the 1972 presidential election, for others it is for his heroics while serving as a WWII >>Read more
October 15, 2012
As part of the partnership with Wholesome Wave, Coastal Enterprises Inc. will launch a two-year feasibility study to identify the best ways to integrate Maine seafood into the northeast regional food hub system and make it more widely available to consumers." >>Read more
October 11, 2012
How do you plan to Eat Real this Food Day? Food Day is right around the corner! During the week of October 24, Wholesome Wave and our partners have a whole host of activities planned to celebrate local food & local farmers. We hope you'll join us in >>Read more
October 10, 2012
Congratulations to several Wholesome Wave partners and friends who were awarded funding from this year’s USDA Specialty Crop Block Grants. Overall the grants total $101 million, which the USDA says will be used to support farmers who grow fruits, >>Read more
October 04, 2012
Yesterday, Gus Schumacher, Wholesome Wave's Executive Vice President of Policy, appeared as a guest on WAMU 88.5's Kojo Nnamdi show. Joining Gus were Dan Charles, Food and Agriculture correspondent, NPR, John Gloster, President, Ward 8 Farmer's Market >>Read more
September 24, 2012
Media Alert September 24, 2012 (Bridgeport, CT) –A newly released report confirms the effectiveness of Wholesome Wave’s Double Value Coupon Program in changing fruit and vegetable consumption and shopping behaviors among participants receiving federal >>Read more
September 21, 2012
Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Kathleen Merrigan announced the award of $9 million in Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP) grants to 131 projects throughout the United States, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico that focus on agricultural producers and >>Read more
September 13, 2012
by Ashley Gaudiano, JD Gus Schumacher, Executive Vice President of Policy for Wholesome Wave, and Daniel Ross, Vice President of Business Development traveled to Deerfield Farm in Deerfield, Massachusetts on Monday to attend an event announcing three >>Read more
September 05, 2012
by Ashley Gaudiano, JD A new study, Linking farmers, healthy foods, and underserved consumers: Exploring the impact of nutrition incentive programs on farmers and farmers’ markets, highlights the impact of nutrition incentives and SNAP, WIC and Senior >>Read more
August 30, 2012
by Ashley Gaudiano, JD Knowing that Wholesome Wave CEO and president Michel Nischan is committed to broadening the conversation about local and healthy food access and its impact on health, the Atlantic and National Journal invited Michel to take part in >>Read more
August 29, 2012
That’s a wrap! Wholesome Wave’s first New York City Gets Fresh restaurant week was a big success! Designed to celebrate locally grown foods and the importance of making them accessible and affordable to everyone, the campaign - through community >>Read more
August 20, 2012
Wholesome Wave kicked off its inaugural NYC Gets Fresh farm-to-table restaurant week with a successful “Get Fit” walk across the Brooklyn Bridge in partnership with Let’s Move Brooklyn and Catalyst Cares. On Sunday, people of all ages, 3 to 89, came out >>Read more
August 17, 2012
Wholesome Wave's inaugural NYC Gets Fresh farm-to-table restaurant week is about to kick off this Sunday! From August 19-26, we will be celebrating locally sourced cuisines at top restaurants across the City. Each restaurant will present unique menus, >>Read more
August 16, 2012
by Ashley Gaudiano, JD Despite an overcast, rainy day in Bridgeport Connecticut, nearly two hundred people of all ages showed up at the East Side Farm Stand launch event on August 1, 2012 to celebrate its fourth year of success. Joining farm stand >>Read more
August 14, 2012
by Ashley Gaudiano, JD The sounds of gratitude echoed throughout the Putnam Farmers Market last Thursday - gratitude for the shoppers whose business keep the market open and running; for the farmers who deliver fresh produce week after week; and for the >>Read more
August 13, 2012
This winter, the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA) approached the state Department of Agriculture on a mission. CHFA, in an effort to develop a nutrition program for residents of state-managed housing, was looking for a way to connect “family >>Read more
August 11, 2012
Farmers Markets Are More Than Just Places to Buy Food As we wrap up our National Farmers Market Week coverage, if you don't already, we hope the stories posted this week on our blog inspire you to make your local farmers market a part of your weekly routine. >>Read more
August 10, 2012
Farmers Markets & Food Stamps According to USDA data, the number of farmers markets that accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (better known as SNAP or food stamps) increased by 360% over the last five years. Much of that increase >>Read more
August 09, 2012
Booming Farmers Markets Expand Crop Selections to Cater to Diverse Ethnic Communities As we continue our celebration of National Farmers Market Week today, Wholesome Wave’s Executive Vice President, Gus Schumacher, reflects on the exciting and continual >>Read more
August 08, 2012
Farmers Markets Serve as Essential Component of Community’s Health & Wellness Farmers markets are more than just venues to purchase locally grown fruits and vegetables. They are also host to community activities and hubs for promotion of healthy eating >>Read more
August 07, 2012
Getting to Know our Farmers! A farmers market wouldn’t be much of a market without its farmers. Today we’re highlighting one of Wholesome Wave’s star partners, Nelson Cecarelli. Neslon is a >>Read more
August 06, 2012
Food is Anna’s Medicine Buying local healthy fresh food at an affordable price can be difficult for many low-income people who live in so-called “food deserts” or “food swamps.” For people like Hartford, Connecticut resident, Anna Papp, who lives >>Read more
August 05, 2012
Today marks the first day of National Farmers Market Week! To celebrate Wholesome Wave will dedicate the pages of our blog each day this week focusing on the numerous benefits farmers markets provide for the communities and community members that they serve >>Read more
August 03, 2012
Buying fresh locally grown fruits and vegetables continues to become easier for millions of American across the country. This afternoon, Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan proudly announced that the number of farmers markets has increased 9.6 >>Read more
August 02, 2012
Wholesome Wave was one of 13 organizations chosen to split a competitive $9 million federal grant designed to spur economic growth in rural communities and create jobs. The Rural Jobs Accelerator Challenge Grant is part of a national multi-agency initiative >>Read more
July 31, 2012
CT Commissioner of Agriculture and Bridgeport Mayor to Witness First Hand (Bridgeport, CT) – Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch and Connecticut Commissioner of Agriculture Steven Reviczky will help celebrate the City of Bridgeport Department of Social Services >>Read more
July 25, 2012
by Gus Schumacher* On hot summer Wednesday mornings dozens of seniors come early to the City of Bridgeport Health & Social Services East Side Farm Stand, a project jointly managed by the Bridgeport Department of Social Services and Wholesome Wave. >>Read more
July 19, 2012
By Pruitti Kerdchoochuen A July 14th visit to the Spotsylvania Farmers Market by Ed Avalos, Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Program, was the first stop on his tour of two farmers markets in Fredericksburg, Virginia to see how USDA grants and >>Read more
July 17, 2012
Wholesome Wave Statement "The near draconian cuts proposed in the House Agriculture Committee's recently approved Farm Bill markup is ill-advised. In its current form the proposal would deny food-assistance to millions of people, many of them >>Read more
July 11, 2012
Wholesome Wave News Release - July 11, 2012 (Bridgeport, CT) – Through an unusual and innovative financing initiative, Wholesome Wave, the Commonwealth of Kentucky and local investors have teamed up to bring local fresh food to tens of thousands of >>Read more
July 10, 2012
News Release from Agriculture Marketing Service, USDA: USDA Under Secretary to Visit Farmers Markets in Virginia FREDERICKSBURG, VA, July 10, 2012 – USDA Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Ed Avalos will visit two farmers markets in >>Read more
July 09, 2012
Wholesome Wave statement: “With a looming September 30 deadline for the renewal of the 5-year farm bill, it is important that the U.S. House of Representatives moves quickly to get this important piece of legislation to the floor for a vote, otherwise >>Read more
July 06, 2012
by Ashley Gaudiano John Hopkins University Center for a Livable Future (CLF) released a series of policy briefs outlining the importance of farm bill programs to public health. Two of these, Reuniting SNAP Participants and Farmers Markets by Funding EBT >>Read more
July 05, 2012
On June 15, 2012, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs issued a White Paper, U.S. Agriculture and Nutrition Statement: Transforming American Food and Agriculture Policy. The Council was co-chaired by Wholesome Wave’s Executive Vice President of Policy, >>Read more
July 02, 2012
by Ashley Gaudiano and Gabrielle Blavatsky This past month, the U.S. Conference of Mayors passed a strong resolution “Urging the passage of a farm bill that supports healthy, local and regional food systems.” On June 21, the Senate passed its version >>Read more
June 28, 2012
Statement by Michel Nischan, President/CEO, Wholesome Wave “Now that the Supreme Court has upheld the Affordable Care Act, we can very much look forward to Liberty, Justice and Well-Being for all, rather than Expensive Medicine for all. By affirming the >>Read more
June 21, 2012
Dear Wholesome Wave Supporters, Partners and Friends, We would like to congratulate the U.S. Senate for passing the Farm Bill by a vote of 64 to 35. We want to particularly commend Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee >>Read more
June 19, 2012
Wholesome Wave’s Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program is featured in today’s Washington Post article, District’s needy get fruit and vegetable rx. “Our goal is nothing less than to prove that eating more fruits and vegetables makes people >>Read more
June 12, 2012
by Ashley Gaudiano Click here to listen to Sara Cardinale’s full interview with Here & Now. In 2009, Abingdon Farmers Market led the way as they became the first market in Virginia to accept food stamps. In an interview last week with Robin Young, >>Read more
June 11, 2012
Wholesome Wave's National Innovations and Implementation/Connecticut Program Manager Julia Pon was honored this past weekend with a "healthful" food Champion Award at the Connecticut Cooking Matters conference. A huge congratulations to Julia and the other >>Read more
June 08, 2012
On June 5, 2012, the D.C. City Council passed its 2013 budget. Councilwoman Mary Cheh (Ward 3), a dedicated advocate for improved health and nutrition, won approval for a $50,000 allocation to support expanding nutrition incentive programs at DC’s growing >>Read more
June 07, 2012
by Ashley Gaudiano Change Comes to Dinner, a recently published book by author Katherine Gustafson, takes a unique approach to writing about America’s food system. Rather than focus on the problems throughout our nation’s food system, Gustafson >>Read more
June 01, 2012
On Thursday, May 24, 2012, over 100 Wholesome Wave friends and supporters gathered at The Whole Hog, held at Clarke Showroom in South Norwalk, Connecticut to celebrate the work of Wholesome Wave and enjoy local food and culinary creativity in an effort to >>Read more
May 31, 2012
May 31, 2012 For Immediate Release: A Northeast Farm Bill Agenda: Priorities for the 2012 Farm Bill As Congress considers the reauthorization of the Farm Bill, leading food and farm organizations based in the Northeast have weighed in with the release of A >>Read more
May 24, 2012
Historically, the vast majority of Americans approved of the nation’s Food Stamp programs. Today, despite the Congressional debate over how deeply to slash federal nutrition benefit funding a new W. K. Kellogg Foundation survey found that Americans’ >>Read more
May 17, 2012
Media Alert (Bridgeport, CT) – Wholesome Wave is proud to announce that our co-founder and CEO Michel Nischan will be honored tonight at the Monterey Bay Aquarium as its acclaimed Seafood Watch program’s Chef of the Year. The award ceremony will kick >>Read more
May 17, 2012
Wholesome Wave leadership was in Central Virginia today to help celebrate the opening of Spotsylvania Farmers Market’s newest market site at the Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center. The new market is expected to serve as a local economic stimulus and >>Read more
May 11, 2012
By Gus Schumacher Garden on the Go Mobile Truck Sponsored by Indiana University Health, their Garden on the Go™ mobile market improves access to affordable fruits and vegetables in Indianapolis’s "food deserts." Operating year-round, the market truck >>Read more
May 09, 2012
Wholesome Wave commends the USDA’s announcement today that it will provide $4 million in 2012 to help make it easier for consumers receiving SNAP benefits to purchase fresh local healthy foods by helping more farmers markets acquire wireless Electronic >>Read more
May 09, 2012
by Ashley Gaudiano On May 24th, Wholesome Wave is celebrating its New England roots and love of local food with some of Connecticut’s most celebrated culinary artists as it presents this year’s Whole Hog fundraising event. Hosted at Clarke’s Showroom >>Read more
May 02, 2012
by Ashley Gaudiano On April 23-25, 2012, Wholesome Wave held its Third Annual National Convening in Washington D.C. at the Hamilton Crowne Plaza Hotel. The convening provided our 60 partners with the opportunity to gather, learn and discuss the >>Read more
