SNAP Market Match: EBT Incentive Program (formerly Double Bucks)
"SNAP Match allows me to purchase more healthy fruits and veggies from local farmers. Getting to know the farmers establishes a relationship between my meals and the land from which they came." - SNAP Shopper
Farmers markets of the SVFMC are participating in the new SNAP Market March program, funded by the WA State Department of Health. The program - formerly called "Double Bucks" - provides shoppers receiving assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) with extra purchasing power for fresh food at farmers markets.
Beginning April 2020, look for the new SNAP Market Match currency, logo, and vendor signs at local farmers markets!.
Customers who use the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)/EBT benefits can stretch their food budget to buy more fruits and vegetables!
How SNAP Market Match Works
If you use SNAP/EBT:
The program provides shoppers receiving assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) with extra purchasing power by matching up to $50 of the EBT cardholder's dollars spent each market day in the form of $2 Double Up Buck currency.
EBT tokens may be used for any EBT eligible foods (groceries to take home such as bread, cheese, eggs, veggies, fruit, nuts and also seeds and vegetable starts). Double Bucks are used only for fruits and vegetables.
Beginning April 2020, look for the new SNAP Market Match currency, logo, and vendor signs at local farmers markets!.
Customers who use the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)/EBT benefits can stretch their food budget to buy more fruits and vegetables!
How SNAP Market Match Works
If you use SNAP/EBT:
- Go to a participating market's information booth and tell them you’d like SNAP Market Match
- Swipe your EBT card for the amount you want to spend
- You will receive that amount in EBT tokens and the same amount in SNAP Market Match dollars. Some markets may have a limit on the amount of SNAP Market Match dollars they can give out per customer per day.
- Shop for:
- Fresh vegetables
- Fresh fruits
- Mushrooms
- Fresh herbs
- Seeds and plants that produce food (for example, tomato seeds or tomato plants)
The program provides shoppers receiving assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) with extra purchasing power by matching up to $50 of the EBT cardholder's dollars spent each market day in the form of $2 Double Up Buck currency.
EBT tokens may be used for any EBT eligible foods (groceries to take home such as bread, cheese, eggs, veggies, fruit, nuts and also seeds and vegetable starts). Double Bucks are used only for fruits and vegetables.
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The Skagit Valley Farmers Market Coalition formed in 2013 with the goal of continuing to celebrate and grow our unique Skagit culture around food and community by strengthening our resilient farmers markets. Skagit Valley Farmers Market Coalition is a coordinated effort between the Bow Little Market, and the Sedro-Woolley, Anacortes, Mount Vernon Farmers Markets.
