SNAP at Farmers Markets: A How-To Handbook

This handbook is a how-to guide for accepting SNAP benefits at farmers markets. Topics include the whys and hows of integrating SNAP into farmers markets, including how to apply to become a retailer and how to use scrip projects to accept SNAP benefits at farmers markets.

Attracting SNAP Customers to your Farmers Market

USDA Food and Nutrition Service’s website offering advice for farmers markets to attract SNAP participants.

SNAP: Putting Healthy Food Within Reach

The information and materials in this toolkit will help you share information about SNAP benefits with those who are eligible but not participating and help you let potential partners, government officials, and the public know how SNAP participation helps the local economy and addresses the national health problem of obesity.

Market Preparation: Token Systems

Market Umbrella’s guidance on using Token Systems as market currency for EBT and Debit/Credit transactions at the farmers market.

SNAP/EBT at Your Farmers Market: Seven Steps to Success

This handbook addresses the steps needed to set up SNAP and provides a comprehensive description of the elements necessary to make it successful. It includes case studies of farmers markets from across the US that successfully operate SNAP projects, and provides additional resources, such as record-keeping templates and a sample customer survey.

Montana Farmers Market EBT Manual: How to Accept SNAP Benefits at Your Farmers Market

This article covers many of the FAQs regarding getting started and maintaining a farmers market SNAP program.

Fresh Exchange SNAP Toolkit

As a community impact project, a Portland Business Alliance Leadership Portland team developed the food assistance matching program for SNAP recipients known as Fresh Exchange, which launched at PFM’s Buckman market in 2010. The team compiled a toolkit guide in order to help others launch and sustain SNAP incentive programs at their markets.

Carrboro Market Electronic Transaction Workbook

A great workbook model for tracking EBT and other electronic transactions.

SNAP in Farmers Markets: 3 Different Ways of Accepting SNAP EBT

This infographic gives a visual run down of how SNAP EBT is being used at farmers markets and the common process that shoppers go through with each different set up.

1. Central terminal wireless program using tokens
2. Central terminal wireless program using paper chits
3. Farmer Operated EBT wireless program

A Survey of Farmers Market SNAP Incentive Programs: Lessons, Challenges, and Trends

This brief report offers a review of brief survey of examples and insights for improving and sustaining the Philly Food Bucks program, based upon the experiences of farmers market
SNAP incentive programs in the following cities: New York City, Boston, New Orleans, San Diego, and Portland, Oregon.