It’s time to kick off a summer of healthy eating because now is the best time of year to enjoy fresh produce from the farm or garden. And what better place to begin than at the Findlay Farmers Market!
The SNAP Plus program is back at the Findlay Farmers Market in 2012! The SNAP Plus program at Findlay Market helps families afford more fresh fruits and vegetables and other healthy food typically found in the Findlay Farmers Market.
Since 2007, food stamp shoppers have been able to use their EBT cards to purchase one-dollar brass tokens that they can spend like cash in our farmers market. SNAP Plus enhances this service by providing food stamp shoppers a match to their spending – spend five dollars from your EBT account and receive five dollars in farmers market tokens – effectively doubling your purchasing power of healthy fresh food.
How SNAP Plus Program Works at Findlay Market
• Visit the cashier in the Market Center to receive a one-time free coupon
for $10 when you spend up to $10 of your food stamp benefits
• Go to a nutrition education program. By going you earn a $10 voucher that
doubles your purchasing power at the Findlay Farmers Market. You can earn up
to $110 in vouchers!
• Go to Findlay Farmers Market on:
Thursday 11 am – 6 pm
Saturday 8 am – 2 pm
Sunday 10 am – 2 pm
• Take EBT card to cashier in market center. There is a sign that says
“GET TOKENS HERE” on window.
• Use your food stamp EBT card to buy $5 or $10 worth of brass tokens.
• Turn in your vouchers to get $5 or $10 worth of free tokens.
• Pay for your Findlay Farmers Market purchases with the tokens—
every Farmers Market vendor will accept them. Tokens can only be
used to purchase USDA-SNAP eligible food items.
Nutrition education classes will be held at Findlay Market in the Internet Café next to Pho Lang Thang from 3:30-4:30 pm on the first and second Thursdays of the month beginning June 7, 2012 and running through October. SNAP Plus project partners will offer additional classes at other locations.
More information available at info@findlaymarket.org. Or by calling one of the following SNAP Plus partners:
More information available at info@findlaymarket.org. Or by calling one of the following SNAP Plus partners:
OSU Extension, Hamilton County at 513.946.8987
The Nutrition Council at 513.621.3262
SNAP Plus at Findlay Market is made possible with generous support
from the P&G Fund.
from the P&G Fund.
