HILO — The Food Basket, Hawaii Island’s food bank, was awarded a half-million dollar grant to encourage and increase consumption of produce grown in Hawaii.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture provided the $500,000 Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive Grant, which will cover costs for four years.
“The grant will allow the implementation of ‘Da Bux,’ a new program which will support the purchase of Hawaii-grown fresh fruit and vegetables among low-income consumers participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) through incentives at the point of purchase,” says the Food Basket’s announcement.
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