Field Reports
Undoing Inequity: Boston’s EBT Farmers’ Market Initiative
Nico Quintana,
Emerson Fellow
Published 2009
Boston, Massachusetts
Undoing Inequity: Boston’s EBT Farmers’ Market Initiative highlights the achievements of the new program and provides evidence that investing in urban farmers’ markets with EBT terminals is an effective model for improving the availability and affordability of fresh fruits and vegetables in low-income communities.
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Publication tags: Field Reports - Farmers' Markets, Farm Stands, and EBT, Food Systems and Agriculture, Urban Agriculture - Food Retailers, SNAP/Food Stamp Recipients, Urban Communities
Originally from California and Oregon, Nico graduated from Smith College in 2006 with a degree in government and a minor in sociology. Nico was involved in campus organizations devoted to racial and economic justice, immigrant rights, and Transgender equality. After college, Nico worked as a Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Policy Fellow in the office of Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) where Nico promoted the Congressional Out of Poverty Caucus, organized a briefing series on race and poverty, and helped publish the first anti-poverty task force report for the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Nico also worked in the Office of Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) as a staff assistant.
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