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Multiply your 3SquaresVT/SNAP dollars with Crop Cash at your local farmers market!
When you spend 3SquaresVT/SNAP benefits at a participating farmers market, you'll receive extra money to spend on local fruits, vegetables, herbs, and culinary seeds and plant starts. Markets will match up to $20 of your SNAP benefits per day.
Crop Cash Plus:
Crop Cash Plus is back for 2025! From July 1 through October 31, 2025, you can stretch your SNAP dollars even further at the farmers market.
Crop Cash and Crop Cash Plus are two different programs that work together for you!
- Crop Cash: For every $1 in SNAP you spend at participating farmers markets, you’ll get $1 in Crop Cash. Up to $20 of your SNAP will be matched with Crop Cash. Crop Cash can be spent on fruits, vegetables, herbs, and culinary seeds and plant starts.
- Crop Cash Plus: Just like Crop Cash, for every $1 in SNAP you spend, you’ll get $1 in Crop Cash PLUS. Up to $10 of your SNAP will be matched with Crop Cash Plus. Crop Cash Plus can be spent on any SNAP-eligible item.
Here's what that can look like:
- If you were to spend $10 of SNAP benefits at the market, you would get $10 of Crop Cash (for fruits/vegetables) and $10 of Crop Cash PLUS (for SNAP-eligible items). That's a total of $20 extra dollars to spend at the market!
- $10 in SNAP + $10 in Crop Cash + $10 in Crop Cash Plus = $30 total to spend at the market!
- If you were to spend $20 or more of SNAP benefits, you would get up to $20 of Crop Cash (for fruits/vegetables) and up to $10 of Crop Cash PLUS (for SNAP-eligible items). That's a total of $30 extra dollars to spend at the market!
- $20 in SNAP + $20 in Crop Cash + $10 in Crop Cash Plus = $50 total to spend at the market!
Crop Cash will be distributed at participating markets from May 1, 2025 through April 30, 2026.
Crop Cash Plus will be distributed from July 1 through October 31, 2025, or as long as supplies last, and can be spent through April 30, 2026.
EBT Cash:
Anyone who receives 3SquaresVT/SNAP benefits is automatically eligible to get Crop Cash at a farmers market—there is no additional application for this program. Just stop by the market manager's tent to swipe your EBT card. If you receive your benefits as EBT Cash or Direct Deposit, you can still receive Crop Cash coupons. Please see these instructions for the steps to access Crop Cash, which are new as of May 1, 2025.
About 3SquaresVT:
3SquaresVT, also known as SNAP/EBT (formerly known as food stamps) helps limited-income individuals and families buy the food they need. Benefits are generally provided on a card that functions like a debit card, and are accepted at most grocery stores and many farmer’s markets. Here is a list of food items that SNAP/EBT can buy. For more information and assistance applying for 3SquaresVT benefits, visit the Vermont Foodbank website.
How to Get and Use Crop Cash
Watch Vermont Language Justice Project's video on how to use Crop Cash!
Summer Farmers Markets with Crop Cash:
Arlington Village Farmers Market (Fridays 4-7pm; June 6th-Sept 5th)
Barre Farmers Market (Wednesdays 3:30-7pm; June 4th-Sept 24th)
Bellows Falls Farmers Market (Fridays 4-7pm; June 20th-Sept 24th)
Bennington Community Farmers Market (Saturdays 10am-2pm; May 3rd-Sept 20th)
Brattleboro Area Farmers Market (Saturdays 9am-2pm; May 3rd-Oct 25th)
Bristol Farmers Market (Mondays 3-7pm; June 2nd-Sept 29th)
Burlington Farmers Market (Saturdays 9am-2pm; May 10th-Oct 25th)
Capital City Farmers Market (Montpelier) (Saturdays 9am-1pm; May 3rd-Oct 31st)
Champlain Islands Farmers Market (Saturdays 10am-2pm, Wednesdays 3-6pm; May 17th-Nov 1st)
Chelsea Farmers Market (Fridays 3-6pm; May 23rd-Oct 10th)
Craftsbury Farmers Market (Saturdays 10am-1pm; May 17th-Sept 27th)
Danville Farmers Market (Wednesdays 3pm-6pm; June 11th-Oct 12th)
Dorset Farmers Market (Sundays 10am-2pm; May 11th-Oct 12th)
Essex Parks & Rec Farmers Market (Wednesdays 3:30-6:30pm; June 4th-Oct 15th)
Greensboro Farmers Market (Wednesdays 3-6pm; July 2nd-Aug 27th)
Hardwick Farmers Market (Fridays 3-6pm; May 23rd-Oct 10th)
Hartland Farmers Market (Fridays 4-6:30pm; May 30th-Sept 5th)
Hill Top Farmers Market (Pownal) (Saturdays 10am-1pm; May 3rd-Oct 11th)
Jericho Farmers Market (Thursdays 3-6:30pm; May 22nd-Oct 9th)
Ludlow Farmers Market (Sundays 9am-1pm; May 25th-Oct 12th)
Manchester Farmers Market (Thursdays 3-6pm; May 29th-Oct 16th)
Market on the Green (Woodstock) (Wednesdays 3-6pm; June 4th-Oct 15th)
Milton Farmers Market (Tuesdays 4-8pm; June 17th-Aug 26th)
Morrisville Farmers Market (Saturdays 9am-1pm; May 17th-Oct 11th)
Newport Farmers Market (Saturdays & Wednesdays 9am-2pm; May 17th-Oct 18th)
Northfield Farmers Market (Tuesdays 3-6pm; May 20th-Oct 14th)
Northwest Farmers Market (St Albans) (Saturdays 9am-2pm; May 10th-Oct 25th)
Norwich Farmers Market (Saturdays 9am-1pm; May 3rd-Oct 25th)
Old North End Farmers Market (Tuesdays 3-6:30pm; June 3rd-Oct 28th)
Putney Farmers Market (Sundays 11am-3pm; May 11th-Oct 19th)
Randolph Farmers Market (Saturdays 9am-1pm; May 24th-Oct 18th)
Richmond Farmers Market (Fridays 3-6:30pm; May 30th-Oct 17th)
Rutland County Farmers Market (Saturdays 9am-2pm May 17th-Oct 25th)
Shelburne Farmers Market (Saturdays 9am-1pm; May 17th-Oct 12th)
St. Johnsbury Farmers Market (Saturdays 9am-1pm; May 10th-Oct 25th)
Townshend Farmers Market (Fridays 4:30-6:30pm; May 23rd-Oct 10th)
Vergennes Farmers Market (Thursdays 3-7pm; June 12th-Oct 9th)
**participation pending, check back soon!**
Vermont Farmers Market (Rutland) (Saturdays 9am-2pm; May 10th-Oct 25th)
Vershire Artisan & Farmers Market (Sundays 12:30-3:30pm; June 1st-Sept 7th)
Waitsfield Farmers Market (Saturdays 9am-1pm; May 17th-Oct 18th)
West River Farmers Market (Londonderry) (Saturdays 9am-1pm; May 24th-Oct 11th)
Winooski Farmers Market (Sundays 10am-2pm; May 18th-Oct 26th)
Winter Farmers Markets with Crop Cash:
Barre Farmers Market (Wednesdays once per month; 3:30-6:30pm; January 29th-April 30th)
Brattleboro Winter Farmers Market (Saturdays; 10am-2pm; November 2nd-March 29th)
Burlington Farmers Market (Saturdays twice per month; 10am-1pm; November 9th-April 12th)
Capital City Farmers Market (Montpelier) (November 23rd, 10am-2pm; then Saturdays twice per month; 10am-1pm; December 7th-April 19th)
Champlain Islands Farmers Market (Saturdays; 10am-2pm; November 2nd-December 21st)
Chelsea Farmers Market (Saturday; 9am-2pm; November 16th)
Craftsbury Farmers Market (Saturdays; 11am-2pm; November 23rd-December 14th)
Dorset Farmers Market (Sundays; 10am-2pm; November 3rd-May 4th, except Easter Sunday)
Greater Falls Farmers Market (Fridays 4-7pm; November 15th and December 20th)
Middlebury Farmers Market (Saturdays 9am-12:30pm; November 9th-April 30th)
Morrisville Farmers Market (Saturday; 9am-1pm; November 23rd)
Norwich Farmers Market (November 23rd, 9am-1pm; December 7th and 8th, 9am-1pm; then, first and third Saturdays, 10am-1pm, January 4th through April 19th)
Putney Farmers Market (Sundays; 11am-3pm; November 24th through December 22nd)
Randolph Farmers Market (Saturday; 9am-2pm; December 14th)
Rutland County Farmers Market (Saturday; 9am-4pm; December 7th)
Shelburne Farmers Market (Saturdays; 10am-2pm; November 16th-March 15th)
St. Johnsbury Farmers Market (first and third Saturdays; 10am-1pm; November 2nd-April 19th)
Vermont Farmers Market (Rutland) (Saturdays; 10am-2pm; November 2nd-April 26th)
Winooski Farmers Market (Sundays 10am-2pm; November 10th-December 29th)
