{"id":13514,"date":"2011-07-22T06:00:54","date_gmt":"2011-07-22T10:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/?p=13514"},"modified":"2011-07-21T22:02:51","modified_gmt":"2011-07-22T02:02:51","slug":"save-when-you-shop-in-harlem-for-fruits-and-veggies-using-health-bucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/?p=13514","title":{"rendered":"Save when you shop in Harlem for fruits and veggies using Health Bucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/screen-shot-2011-07-21-at-9-22-53-pm.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13515\" title=\"Screen shot 2011-07-21 at 9.22.53 PM\" src=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/screen-shot-2011-07-21-at-9-22-53-pm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"487\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/screen-shot-2011-07-21-at-9-22-53-pm.png 487w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/screen-shot-2011-07-21-at-9-22-53-pm-300x178.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/?s=harlemguy\" target=\"_blank\">By HarlemGuy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>T<\/strong>he 2011 Health Bucks season at farmers\u2019 markets across the city is in full swing.<\/p>\n<p>Health Bucks are $2 coupons redeemable for fresh fruit and vegetables at participating farmers\u2019 markets. A customer receives the coupon for every $5 he or she spends using an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card to purchase food at a farmers\u2019 market increasing his or her purchasing power by 40%.<\/p>\n<p>Health Bucks is available at 65 participating markets located in all five boroughs.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals and families receiving food stamps should take advantage of Health Bucks\u2019 savings and shop for nutritious food choices by visiting a participating farmers\u2019 market in their neighborhood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Health Bucks is a program of the Health Department with the cooperation of HRA, the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, and community organizations throughout the City.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to being available at participating farmers\u2019 markets, a limited supply of coupons is available through community organizations located in Health Department District Public Health Office neighborhoods including Central Harlem.<\/p>\n<p>Health Bucks will be available at 65 farmers\u2019 markets throughout the city during the 2011 farmers\u2019 market season from July 1 to Nov. 15.<\/p>\n<p>For a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/html\/doh\/downloads\/pdf\/cdp\/cdp-health-bucks-map.pdf\">complete list<\/a>\u00a0of farmers\u2019 markets that participate in the Health Bucks and the Stellar Farmers Markets program, search Health Bucks or Stellar Farmers\u2019 Markets on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/\">www.nyc.gov<\/a>\u00a0or for more information visit Eating Healthy NYC on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/cgi-bin\/exit.pl?url=http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EatingHealthyNYC\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By HarlemGuy The 2011 Health Bucks season at farmers\u2019 markets across the city is in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":832535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[124718155],"tags":[33592784,12128905,61264206],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13514"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13514"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13521,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13514\/revisions\/13521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/832535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}