In addition to cash you can also pay with your credit, debit or SNAP/EBT card at MCFM. Stop by the Market’s Information Booth to purchase market tokens with your card and/or get EBT double-matching.
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. 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!
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.
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).
SNAP tokens and Market Bucks are valid for produce, meat, eggs, dairy, breads/bakery items, honey, jam, edible plants and packaged foods intended as take-home groceries. Vendors cannot issue change for SNAP tokens or market bucks.
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 SNAP Incentive Program, offering matching for low-income families and individuals to shop at farmers markets. Click here to read more!
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 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.
