Review Reports

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The purpose of this study was to explore and describe associations of SNAP point-of-purchase financial incentive programs at farmers’, with produce purchase, consumption and food security outcomes.  The authors submitted a very well written manuscript for review.  The introduction was extensive and interesting.  The methods were clear, easy to follow, logical and sufficient for this purpose.  The results were presented in easy to understand table formats with sufficient information for the reader to interpret and apply.  The description and interpretation of the results in the text matched the information in the tables.  I especially appreciated the information presented in Table 4.  The Discussion was substantive and comparisons to relevant research was appreciated.  Limitations were described and not unexpected.  The section on Implications for Research and Practice was appreciated especially the focus on linking access to fresh produce to local growers/local food systems.  Thank you for allowing me to review this manuscript.  It was very well written and a pleasure to review.

Reviewer 2 Report

The manuscript reports, the results of the data collected in cross-sectional, interviewer-administered intercept sur-19 veys with 325 adult SNAP participants at six incentive program and five comparison farmers’ mar-20 kets and nine comparison supermarkets in California. 

The article is clear, well written and well structured and of great interest in terms of subject and method of investigation.