How Double Up Food Bucks Works
Get FREE locally grown fruits and vegetables when you use your EBT Card!
It's Easy to Get Started
When you use your EBT Card, Double Up matches your SNAP purchases for locally grown fruits and vegetables. You can use your Double Up benefits to purchase fresh, frozen, canned, or dried fruits and vegetables without additives as well as food-producing plants and seeds at participating farmers markets and farm stores.
Since 2019, hundreds of Tennesseans have used Double UP Food Bucks to buy more than $145,000 worth of healthy, local food.
Am I eligible to use Double Up Food Bucks?
- SNAP stands for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the program formerly known as food stamps.
- If you are approved for SNAP or P-EBT, you are eligible to use Double Up Food Bucks!
Two Ways to Shop with Double Up
At the Farmers Market
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Find a participating farmers market near you
Use this map to find a farmers market near you.
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Customers bring their EBT card to the information booth at each market to swipe for SNAP tokens at their desired amount. These SNAP tokens can be spent on any SNAP-eligible foods at the market.
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For every $1 spent using SNAP, the market will give the customer matching Double Up tokens. Matching amounts and maximums vary by location.
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Double Up tokens can be spent on any fresh, frozen, canned, or dried fruits and vegetables without added salt, sugar, or oil at participating markets or farm stores and should be used by the end of the calendar year at participating locations. This includes mushrooms, herbs, and food-producing plants and seeds.
At the Farm Store
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Find a participating store near you
With this map, it's easy to find one close to you.
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At check-out, customers can use their EBT card for SNAP-eligible purchases.
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After paying, the store will give the customer matching Double Up tokens for every $1 spent using SNAP. Matching amounts and maximums vary by location.
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Double Up can be used on any fresh, frozen, canned, or dried fruits and vegetables without added salt, sugar, or oil at the store or at participating farmers markets by the end of the calendar year. This includes mushrooms, herbs, and food-producing plants and seeds.
Have Questions?
If you have questions, visit our Frequently Asked Questions page to learn more.