Double Your Food Benefits with SNAP Market Match

You can use SNAP Market Match to get free food when you shop with your food benefits at over 100 participating farmers markets throughout Washington state! This is an incredible way to get more healthy food for your money.

In this article, we’ll review what the SNAP Market Match program is, who is eligible, how it works and what you need to do to start using this program right away.

What is SNAP Market Match?

SNAP Market Match is a nutrition incentive program in Washington State. When you shop with your EBT benefits at a participating market, you can get up to $25 or more in fresh farmers market produce for free!

This is a dollar-matching program, which means that you’ll get more free food if you spend more of your benefits at the market. For every dollar you spend, you can get an extra dollar for free. There’s usually a daily limit on how many dollars you can match and each market sets their own limit. Usually, though, it’s around $25.

Who is eligible for SNAP Market Match?

SNAP Market Match is available to anyone who uses Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits at a participating farmers market. There are no extra eligibility requirements or complicated application processes.

If you have SNAP benefits, don’t forget to check out this list of EBT discounts in Washington!

How does it work?

First, you need to find a participating market on the list below and stop by during their open hours. Go straight to the information booth or market manager’s tent. Tell them that you want to participate in SNAP Market Match.

They’ll guide you from there. Basically, the process goes like this. You’ll need to swipe your EBT card for the amount you to want to spend and then you will receive tokens for the amount you spent. You’ll also receive the same amount in SNAP Market Match dollars, up to the daily limit.

You can shop at the market once you have those tokens and vouchers in hand. The tokens can be used to buy any EBT-eligible item at the market. The SNAP Market Match Dollars can only be used for eligible locally grown items.

The items you can buy with SNAP Market Match include:

• Fresh herbs
• Fresh fruits
• Fresh vegetables
• Mushrooms
• Seeds and plant starts

Unfortunately, you cannot buy other items with those free SNAP Market Match benefits.

What markets offer SNAP Market Match?

There are many markets that participate in this program. The following list includes all of the SNAP Market Match locations as of Summer 2023. We’ve arranged the list alphabetically by city for your convenience.

Summary

If you shop with food benefits in Washington state, the SNAP Market Match program can help you get up to $25 per day in free fresh fruits and vegetables. You can buy fresh fruits, vegetables, herbs, mushrooms, garden seeds and vegetable starts with this program. It’s available to all SNAP shoppers in Washington State at participating markets, as listed in this article.

Nicole Thelin

Nicole is the founder and lead researcher of Low Income Relief. After a personal experience with poverty and homelessness following her husband's sudden medical discharge from the U.S. Army, Nicole discovered the life-changing impact of community resources. This experience ignited her passion for empowering others to navigate similar crises. Nicole launched her writing career at age 16, working for various newspapers and publications. Her commitment to in-depth research and accessible content has been recognized by Google for Publishers and other industry leaders. For over 20 years, she has applied her investigative skills to uncover the most helpful, up-to-date information on benefits programs and community resources, ensuring Low Income Relief maintains the most extensive resource databases available.