Farmers' Market Accepts SNAP Benefits

The Farmers' Market Welcomes Food Stamp Shoppers!

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• Saturdays, 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at 401 N. Morton St. next to Bloomington's City Hall, April through October
  • Find directions to and information about Bloomington's City Hall
• Saturdays, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in the Pavilion at Switchyard Park, 1601 S. Rogers St. in Bloomington in November
  • Find directions to and information about Switchyard Park
• Tuesdays, 4-7 p.m. at Hopewell Commons, 630 S. Morton St. in Bloomington, June through September
  • Find directions to and information about Hopewell Commons.

How to Double Your Food Stamps at Market

• During Saturday Market hours, go inside City Hall to the counter where you see the "Use Your SNAP (food stamp) Card Here" sign. During Tuesday Market, go to the Market information table.
• Use your food stamp card to purchase as many Market Bucks as you like. Market Bucks are available in $3 increments, and can be used like cash to buy farm products from market vendors.
• As long as funding is available, you can double the value of your SNAP (food stamp) purchase. For every $3 in SNAP (food stamp) benefits you exchange, we will give you $6 in Market Bucks!
• Draw up to $27 in SNAP (food stamp) benefits, and receive up to $54 in Market Bucks to buy fresh-from-the-farm, healthy, locally grown farm products at the Farmers' Market.

What to do with Leftover Market Bucks

Keep your unused Market Bucks to spend the next time you shop at either the Saturday or Tuesday Bloomington Community Farmers' Market. Market Bucks expire at the end of the calendar year in which they are purchased.

What you can buy at Market when you exchange food stamps for Market Bucks:

• fruits and vegetables
• breads and cereals
• meat and poultry
• dairy products
• jams and sauces
• maple syrup and honey products
• seeds and plants that grow food
• baked goods that are wrapped, labeled, and intended for home consumption

Stretch Your Food Stamp Dollars!

• Buy in bulk at a discount and preserve by freezing, canning, or drying
• Buy when products are at the height of their season
• Buy seeds and starts and grow your own food
• Buy "seconds" when you don't need perfect-looking food-e.g. tomatoes for sauce

How to get to the Farmers' Market

Via Bloomington Transit:

• Call Bloomington Transit at 812-336-7233 or find additional bus route information at bloomingtontransit.com.
• Access to the Saturday Market at City Hall via Bloomington Transit is #2 West 11th St. via Showers Complex. The bus runs every 60 minutes on Saturdays.
• Access to the Saturday Market at Switchyard Park via Bloomington Transit is #2 South Outbound. Bus stops are located both north and south of the Rogers Street entrance to Switchyard Park.
• Access to the Tuesday Market at Hopewell Commons via Bloomington Transit is #2 South Rogers/Countryview Apartments. A bus stop is located at 2nd and Morton Streets.
• On-street parking for the Saturday Farmers' Market is available around the Market in metered spaces for $1 per hour and in two nearby parking garages for 50 cents per hour.
  • Find parking rate information and directions to the Trades District Parking Garage
  • Find parking rate information and directions to the Morton Street Parking Garage
• On-street parking for the Tuesday Market is available via back-in, angled parking along West University Street. Bike racks are located along the B-Line Trail at the entrance to Hopewell Commons.
  • Find directions to and information about Hopewell Commons.
• Take the B-Line Trail to the Farmers' Market Plaza next to Showers Common for Saturday Market, to Hopewell Commons next to the Seminary Square Kroger for the Tuesday Market, or to the Switchyard Park Pavilion for November Market.

¡El Mercado de Agricultores da la bienvenida a los compradores que usan cupones de alimentos!

El mercado de agricultores de la comunidad de Bloomington duplica los dólares de SNAP (cupones de comida).

Gaste hasta $27 con su tarjeta EBT y obtenga hasta $54 de alimentos frescos por visita.

• Sábados, 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 401 N. Morton St. al lado del Ayuntamiento de Bloomington, abril-septiembre
• Sábados, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 401 N. Morton St. al lado del Ayuntamiento de Bloomington, octubre
  • El acceso al mercado de los sábados a través de Bloomington Transit es el número 2 de West 11th St. a través del complejo Showers
• Sábados, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. en el Pabellón del Parque Switchyard, 1601 S. Rogers St., en Bloomington.
  • El acceso al mercado de los sábados en del Parque Switchyard a través de Bloomington Transit es el número 2 de South Rogers/Countryview

El mercado de los martes

• Martes, 4-7 p.m. a Hopewell Commons, 630 S. Morton St. en Bloomington, junio-septiembre

Estacionamiento gratuito de 2 horas en lotes cercanos en el mercado de los sábados. Estacionamiento gratuito en el mercado de los martes.

Lo que puede comprar en el mercado cuando cambia cupones de alimentos por Market Bucks:

• frutas y vegetales
• panes y cereales
• carne y polleria
• productos lácteos
• productos de arce y miel
• semillas y plantas que cultivan alimentos
• productos horneados envueltos, etiquetados y destinados al consumo doméstico
• mermeladas y salsas