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Multiply your 3SquaresVT/SNAP dollars with Crop Cash at your local farmers market!
When you spend 3SquaresVT/SNAP benefits at a participating farmers market, you'll receive extra money to spend on local food. Markets will match $20 or more of your SNAP benefits per day. Anyone who receives 3SquaresVT/SNAP benefits is automatically eligible to get Crop Cash at a farmers market—there is no additional application for this program.
How does the Crop Cash match work?
Summer 2023 (May 1 - October 31, 2023): For every dollar of 3SVT/SNAP you spend at a participating farmers market, you can receive a dollar of Crop Cash to spend on fruits, vegetables, herbs, and culinary seeds and plant starts. During the Summer 2023 season, the Crop Cash PLUS pilot program will add an additional dollar per dollar match to spend on any SNAP-eligible item.* You can match up to $20 of your 3SVT/SNAP benefits per market day with both Crop Cash and Crop Cash PLUS. Here's what that can look like:
- If you were to spend $10 of SNAP benefits at the market, you can get $10 of Crop Cash (for fruits/vegetables) and $10 of Crop Cash PLUS (for SNAP-eligible items). That's a total of $20 extra dollars to spend at the market!
- If you were to spend $20 or more of SNAP benefits, you can get up to $20 of Crop Cash (for fruits/vegetables) and up to $20 of Crop Cash PLUS (for SNAP-eligible items). That's a total of $40 extra dollars to spend at the market!
Winter 2023-24 (November 1, 2023 - April 30, 2024): For every dollar of 3SVT/SNAP you spend at a participating farmers market, you can receive a dollar of Crop Cash to spend on fruits, vegetables, herbs, and culinary seeds and plant starts. You can match up to $20 of your 3SVT/SNAP benefits per market day with Crop Cash (no Crop Cash PLUS).*
- If you were to spend $10 of SNAP benefits at the market, you can get $10 of Crop Cash (for fruits/vegetables).
- If you were to spend $20 or more of SNAP benefits, you can get up to $20 of Crop Cash (for fruits/vegetables).
*Folks who receive their benefits as EBT Cash or Direct Deposit will not receive Crop Cash. Rather, they will receive double the match of Crop Cash PLUS in the summer, and a one-to-one match in the winter. Folks who wish to spend EBT Cash benefits at a farmers market should let the market manager know they receive their benefits as EBT Cash, and how much they would like to spend in their benefits at the market. The market manager will match double that amount in Crop Cash PLUS coupons during the summer season, and will match the amount (dollar for dollar) in the winter season.
3SquaresVT, also known as SNAP/EBT (formerly known as food stamps) helps limited-income individuals and families buy the food they need. Benefits are generally provided on a card that functions like a debit card, and are accepted at most grocery stores and many farmer’s markets. Here is a list of food items that SNAP/EBT can buy. For more information and assistance applying for 3SquaresVT benefits, visit the Vermont Foodbank website.
How to Get and Use Crop Cash
Summer Farmers Markets with Crop Cash:
Arlington Village Farmers Market (Fridays 4-7pm; June 9th-Sept 8th)
Barre Farmers Market (Wednesdays 3:30-6:30pm; June 7th-Sept 27th)
Brattleboro Area Farmers Market (Saturdays 9am-2pm; May 6th-Oct 28th)
Burlington Farmers Market (Saturdays 9am-2pm; May 13th-Oct 28th)
Caledonia Farmers Market Association (St. Johnsbury) (Saturdays 9am-1pm; June 21st-Oct 4th)
Capital City Farmers Market (Montpelier) (Saturdays 9am-1pm; May 6th-Oct 28th)
Champlain Islands Farmers Market (Saturdays 10am-2pm, Wednesdays 3-6pm; May 20st-Oct 28th)
Chelsea Farmers Market (Fridays 3-6pm; May 19th-Sept 29th)
Craftsbury Farmers Market (Saturdays 10am-1pm; May 20th-Oct 7th)
Dorset Farmers Market (Sundays 10am-2pm; May 7th-Oct 8th)
Greater Falls Farmers Market (Fridays 4-7pm)
Greensboro Farmers Market (Wednesdays 3-6pm; July 5th-Sept 6th)
Hardwick Area Farmers Market (Fridays 3-6pm; May 19th-Oct 6th)
Hartland Farmers Market (Fridays 4-6:30pm; June 2nd-Sept 29th)
Jericho Farmers Market (Thursdays 3-6:30pm; May 25th-Oct 5th)
Lyndon Farmers Market (Fridays 4-7pm; June 2nd-Oct 6th)
Manchester Farmers Market (Thursdays 3-6pm; May 25th-Oct 5th)
Market on the Green (Woodstock) (Wednesdays 3-6pm; May 31st-Oct 18th)
Middlebury Farmers Market (Saturdays 9am-12:30pm; May 6th-Oct 28th)
Milton Farmers Market (Tuesdays 4-8pm; June 14th-Sept 27th)
Morrisville Farmers Market (Saturdays 9am-1pm; May 20th-Oct 14th)
Newport Farmers Market (Saturdays and Wednesdays 9am-2pm; May 20th-Oct 11th)
Northfield Farmers Market (Tuesdays 3-6pm; May 16th-Oct 10th)
Northwest Farmers Market (St. Albans) (Saturdays 9am-2pm; May 13th-Oct 28th)
Norwich Farmers Market (Saturdays 9am-1pm; May 6th-Oct 28th)
Old North End Farmers Market (Tuesdays 3-6:30pm; June 6th-Oct 31st)
Putney Winter Farmers Market (Sundays 11am-3pm; May 28th-Oct 8th)
Randolph Farmers Market (Saturdays 9am-1pm; May 27th-Oct 14th)
Richmond Farmers Market (Fridays 3-6:30pm; June 2-Oct 13th)
Rochester Farmers Market (Fridays 3-6pm; May 26th-Oct 6th)
Shelburne Farmers Market (Saturdays 9am-1pm)
Townshend Farmers Market (Fridays 4:30-6:30pm; May 26th-Oct 6th)
Vermont Farmers Market (Rutland) (Saturdays 9am-2pm; May 13th-Oct 28th)
Waitsfield Farmers Market (Saturdays 9am-1pm; May 13th-Oct 7th)
Waterbury Farmers Market (Thursdays 4-7pm; May 25th-Sept 7th)
Winooski Farmers Market (Sundays 10am-2pm; May 28th-Oct 8th)
West River Farmers Market (Londonderry) (Saturdays 9am-1pm; May 27th-Oct 7th)
