Double Up Food Bucks
Families can use the Double Up Food Bucks program to earn as much as $20 a day for fruits and vegetables at more than 230 participating stores and markets, including 50 in metro Detroit. The program, run by Fair Food Network, matches produce purchases for low-income shoppers using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits.
“Every year, one million Michiganders use SNAP to help put food on the table. While these dollars are vital for closing the food insecurity gap, families using SNAP still struggle to afford the fresh fruits and vegetables they need to stay healthy,” Fair Food Network CEO Kate Krauss said in a news release. “Our Double Up program matches SNAP dollars spent on fruits and vegetables so that people with low incomes can literally double the amount of nutritious food they buy.”
Fair Food Network is waiting for a decision from the U.S. Department of Agriculture on whether families can match their Summer EBT dollars with the Double Up Food Bucks program.
For more information and to find participating locations, go to https://doubleupfoodbucks.org/.