MARYLAND MARKET MONEY
Maryland Market Money (MMM) is a statewide food access program that feeds Marylanders and supports farmers. MMM removes economic barriers for Marylanders experiencing food insecurity, providing a dollar-for-dollar match for purchases made using federal nutrition benefits at participating Maryland farmers markets, farm stands, and CSAs while providing technical assistance, training, marketing, and additional services to stakeholders.
SMADC administers this nutrition incentive food access program at participating farmers markets throughout the state, using a token system. A pilot program is underway to transition away from token economies to e-incentives. For direct-marketing farms, the process is much simpler and does not involve tokens since a farm is a single vendor entity. The goal of this program is to be available at farmers markets and farms in every county in Maryland, and MMM continues to expand the program each season. Participating MMM access points offer incentives to shoppers for SNAP/EBT, P-EBT, WIC-CVB, and/or FMNP (WIC/Senior) spending at those access points. At farmers markets, using MMM tokens, each market provides eligible customers with a dollar-for-dollar match up to a certain amount per market day for federal nutrition benefits spent while direct marketing farms usually offer a 50% discount on products up to a certain maximum discount dollar amount per day. For more information about joining the MMM program or for information about implementing incentive programs at your market or farm, visit the Maryland Market Money website.
For more information, contact: info@marylandmarketmoney.org (240) 528 – 8850 ext 305
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