Resources
EBT at Your Farmers’ Market: 7 Steps to Success – Project for Public Spaces
Tips from the USDA about promoting SNAP at the market.
Farmers’ Market Coalition – Snap Guide for Farmers’ Markets
SNAP at Farmers’ Markets – USDA Handbook (2010)
Double Value Coupon Program – Wholesome Wave
Adaptable poster and postcard to promote EBT.
Food Stamps Grow Gardens!– Shoppers may use their SNAP benefits to purchase seedlings.
Markets in Low Income Communities A 2013 report by Project for Public Spaces on key elements to the success of markets in attracting low income shoppers.
USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program at Farmers’ Markets: A How-To Handbook
Project for Public Spaces and Wholesome Wave’s “SNAP/EBT at Your Farmers’ Market: Seven Steps to Success”
2009 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation study regarding market characteristics that successfully attract low-income shoppers –