SNAP/EBT & Market Tokens - Mill City Farmers Market

Here are the payment types we accept at MCFM:

Cash (accepted by everyone)
Credit or debit (accepted by most vendors)
Market tokens (can be purchased with card at the Info Booth in $5 increments)
SNAP / EBT (accepted at the Info Booth and double matched, buy $10, and get $30 to spend)
Sun Bucks / Summer EBT (can be exchanged for tokens at the Info Booth)
FMNP (Farmers Market Nutrition Program, accepted by the vendors listed below from 6/15 – 10/31)*

Stop by the Market’s Information Booth to purchase market tokens with your card and/or get EBT double-matching. Click the drop downs below for more info on each payment type!

SNAP / EBT Market Bucks Double Matching

Spend $10, Get $30 with Market Bucks

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients are welcome to use their EBT card at the Market’s Information Booth and will receive a double match (buy $10, receive $30) each market day, year-round!

Through Hunger Solutions Minnesota’s Market Bucks program, we are able to match EBT transactions 3:1 up to $10 at our Info Booth. In other words, for the first $10 in market tokens purchased on your SNAP/EBT card, you will be given an additional $20 in Market Bucks for free!

These Market Bucks can be spent the same way and are subject to the same restrictions as SNAP/EBT tokens, but they DO have an expiration date, unlike the $1 tokens which never expire. Vendors cannot issue change for SNAP tokens or market bucks.

SNAP tokens and Market Bucks are eligible for produce, meat, eggs, dairy, breads/bakery items, honey, jam, edible plants and packaged foods intended as take-home groceries. The same rules apply when using your SNAP/EBT card at farmers markets that do at any other merchant. SNAP tokens and Market Bucks are not eligible for ready-to-eat prepared foods or non-food items (art, flowers, soap, etc).

*FMNP will be redeemable starting on June 21st with the following vendors: 38th Street Farm, Green Earth Growers, Enchanted Gardens of Minnesota, Prairie Hollow Farm, Burning River Farm, Mom’s Garden, Mary Dirty Face Farm, Nistler Farms

If you received a Market Bucks Gift Certificate please bring it to the info booth for market staff to exchange it for market bucks! Please do not give these gift certificates directly to vendors. Learn more about Market Bucks on Hunger Solutions’ website.

Minnesota was the first state to fund a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Incentive Program, offering matching funds for low-income families and individuals to shop at farmers markets. Click here to read more!

Paying with Credit / Debit Card

No cash? No problem! We sell market tokens at the Information Booth in increments of $5 that can be purchased with credit or debit and used as cash with our vendors. All vendors accept $5 tokens, and will give you cash as change. We charge a $2 convenience fee for each credit or debit transaction to cover our administrative costs and support the market’s commitment to food access for all.

We accept all major credit cards, including Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover and accept contactless payment from Apple Pay and cards with this symbol:

Give (or get) the gift of local food

Give the gift of local food! Tokens and e-gift cards make great holiday, hostess, birthday, graduation and welcome to the neighborhood gifts! Click below to buy an e-gift card for the market, which your friends, co-workers or family members can redeem for tokens at the Information Booth at any market. You may also purchase gift bags of tokens (pictured below) at the Information Booth.

Buy E-Gift Cards!

WIC & FMNP

Women, Infants and Children (WIC) and Farmers Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) checks and vouchers are specifically for purchasing fresh fruits and vegetables at participating farmers’ booths.