Using Your Benefits

The Baltimore Farmers’ Market offers a Maryland Market Money (MMM) matching cap of $30 per customer per day. Essentially, we will match up to $30 of any federal nutrition benefits spent in a single Market day. If you spend $30, you will get an additional $30 in MMM tokens. If you spend more, you will still get $30 in MMM tokens.

SNAP/EBT and eWIC can be used at the Market all season, while FMNP checks are typically distributed around June or July. Here’s how to make the most of your benefits at the Market in four easy steps:

• Take your SNAP/EBT/eWIC card or FMNP check to the Market and stop at the “Market Info” tent to find out which vendors accept these benefits.
• Use your benefits to purchase produce and/or SNAP-authorized foods. Be sure to get a receipt from the vendor.
• Take your receipt back to the “Market Info” tent and exchange it for your FREE Maryland Market Money (MMM) tokens.
• Use your free MMM tokens to buy MORE fruit, vegetables, grains, legumes, dairy, eggs, meat, poultry, fish, baked goods, vegetable plants, jams, pickles, and honey.

MMM removes economic barriers for Marylanders experiencing food insecurity by providing a dollar-for-dollar match for purchases made using federal nutrition benefits at participating Maryland farmers markets, farm stands, and CSAs.

To learn more about the Maryland Market Money program, and where else MMM tokens are accepted, click the button below.