The Double Up Food Bucks program doubles the value of SNAP (or food stamps) benefits spent at participating markets and food retail stores, helping people bring home more healthy fruits and vegetables while supporting local farmers. The wins are three-fold: more families have access to fruits and vegetables, local farmers gain new customers, and more food dollars stay in the local economy.
How It Works
- Shop with your EBT card at participating farmers markets or grocers.
- Buy SNAP-eligible foods at the market with your SNAP dollars.
- The program will match what you spend with Double Up Food Bucks—up to $20 a day. Use them right away or later on to buy fresh Colorado-grown fruits & vegetables.
Shop at Farmers Markets, Grocers, and from Local Farmers
- At farmers markets, bring your Quest card to the farmers market info booth before you shop. Market staff are there to help!
- At participating Double Up Food Bucks stores, every $1 you spend on any SNAP eligible item, you will get $1 off Colorado-grown fruits or vegetables. So if you spend $5 on bread, eggs, meat, milk, etc. you will get $5 off any Colorado-grown produce!
- SNAP dollars can also be used to purchase CSA boxes of fresh food (community-supported agriculture). When you purchase a weekly CSA box with SNAP, you will get a weekly box free the following week!
Find Double Up locations and more information at https://doubleupcolorado.org/