Maryland Market Money

Maryland Market Money is our cornerstone food access program that fights hunger and supports farmers

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Maryland Market Money removes economic barriers for food-insecure shoppers, providing a dollar-for-dollar match for purchases made using federal nutrition benefits at farmers markets. Maryland Market Money is a win-win program; it fights hunger and invests directly in farmers, strengthening the local food system.

Maryland Market Money 101

Established in 2013, Maryland Market Money is a state-wide currency distributed to shoppers at select farmers markets who participate in the following federal nutrition benefits programs:

Farmers Market Nutrition Program (FMNP)
eWIC (Women, Infant, and Children Fruit & Vegetable Benefit Program)
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as Food Stamps)

Shoppers who spend these benefits at participating farmers markets can receive additional Maryland Market Money in the form of dollar-value tokens (typically $5 per shopper per market day). These tokens can be spent on any SNAP-eligible foods at any participating market in Maryland, helping to increase customers’ food budgets for purchasing fresh, healthy, local foods at farmers markets while also directly supporting local growers and producers.

Examples of SNAP-eligible items include: non-hot food items (fruits, veggies, meat, milk, eggs, etc.) and seeds or plants that produce food.

Examples of ineligible items include: hot food, vitamins or medicine, paper products, and alcohol.

For more information on which markets accept federal nutrition benefits and participate in Maryland Market Money, please download the 2019 brochure of participating markets or use our Find a Market tool to find a market near you.

If you are a market manager who is interested in bringing Maryland Market Money to your market, you can learn more here.

Maryland Market Money Funders & Sponsors

Maryland Market Money is not a government program. Maryland Farmers Market Association relies on individual donations, grants, foundations, and public-private partnerships to fund this program. We are grateful to the following past and present sponsors for making this program possible:

Interested in sponsoring the program? Please reach out to Amy Crone ([email protected]).