The Double Dollars program provides FoodShare shoppers with a dollar-for-dollar match up to $20 per market day at participating farmers’ markets. The money spent by shoppers goes straight into the pockets of the vendors who get reimbursed for the full value of every Double Dollar redeemed.
Dane County Winter Markets are Here! It’s time to embrace the cozy atmosphere and continue supporting local farmers and artisans. For those of you still holding onto Community Action Coalition’s (CAC) Double Dollars tokens from this summer, we’ve got fantastic news – they’re redeemable at these winter markets!
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For more information contact:
Andrew Hirst
andrewh@cacscw.org
Frequently Asked Questions
Double Dollars will match up to $20 of FoodShare withdraws per individual per market day. Volunteers can run a balance inquiry on your account when they swipe your card.
Eligible products include:
- Breads and cereals
- Fruits and vegetables
- Meats, fish, and poultry
- Dairy products
- Plants and seeds that grow food
Market currency cannot be spent on:
- Flowers or non-food producing plants
- Pet food and products
- Non-food items like toiletries, paper products, household supplies, and cosmetics
- Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products
- Vitamins and medicine
- Prepared foods (for example, anything sold by a food cart)
Double Dollars is available at participating farmers’ markets during the height of the market season each year. Dates vary slightly each year and will be announced before the season starts. The Willy Street Co-op also runs a sister program during the market off-season.
Bring your FoodShare QUEST card with you to the information booth at participating farmers’ markets. Market staff or volunteers will swipe your card to withdraw funds. They will provide you with market money and up to $20 worth of Double Dollars.
You have a couple options!
The most common is to hang onto those dollars until the next market day. Market dollars, or the dollars you withdraw from your QUEST (EBT) card, can ONLY be spent at the market you received them at. Matched Double Dollars, can be spent at any market that participates in the Double Dollars program.
If you don’t spend all of your dollars and do not want to hang onto them until the next market, you can return them to your card. For every market dollar that goes back on your card, you must return each Double Dollar match you received.
There is no minimum, but you must withdraw in whole dollar increments.
No, anyone who has an EBT/SNAP card can participate – even if you have an out-of-state card!
See a full listing of markets below. Be sure to confirm dates and times by visiting your market’s website.
Market dollars, or the dollars you take off of your EBT/SNAP card, can ONLY be spent at the market you received them/took them off your card at. You can use your EBT/SNAP card at any market that accepts EBT, even if they don’t participate in Double Dollars. If you take off too many Market Dollars at one market and wish to spend them a another market, you can return the excess dollars to your card at the info booth where you received them and take more dollars off your card at a different market.
Matched dollars, or Double Dollars, can be spent at any market that participates in the Double Dollars program.
2023 & 2024 Winter Markets
Located at Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center
Saturdays, 7:30am – Noon
November 18, December 2, December 9 and December 16, 2023
Located at Garver Feed Mill
Saturdays, 8am – Noon
January 6 thru April 13, 2024
Located at Badger Prairie Needs Network
Select Sundays, 10am – 1pm
Starting November 5, 2024
2023 Summer Markets
Capitol Square Market
2 E Main St, Madison
Saturdays, 6:15am – 1:45pm
(Double Dollars available 7:00 am – 1:00 pm)
April 15th – November 11th
*on July 8th, due to Art Fair on the Square, the DCFM will be held at Breese Stevens Field from 7:00 am to 12:00 pm
MLK Jr. Blvd Market
200 Block of MLK Blvd, Madison
Wednesdays, 8:30am – 1:45pm
(Double Dollars available 8:30 am – 1:00 pm)
April 19th – November 1st
University Research Park
505 S Rosa Rd, Madison
Saturdays, 7:00am – 12:30pm
April 15th – November 4th
McPike Park
202 S Ingersoll St, Madison
Tuesdays, 4:00pm – 7:00pm
April 25th – Oct 31st
Hometown Junction Park
101 W Railroad St, Verona
Wednesdays, 3:00pm – 6:30pm
May 3rd – Oct 4th
Cannery Square and Market Street
1 Cannery Sq, Downtown Sun Prairie
Saturdays, 7:00am – 12:00pm
May 6th – Oct 28th
Ahuska Park
400 E Broadway, Monona
Sundays, 8:30am – 12:30pm
May 7th – October 30th
Edgewood College Parking Lot
2219 Monroe St, Madison
Sundays, 9:00am – 1:00pm
May 7th – October 30th
Northside Town Center
2901 N Sherman Ave, Madison
Sundays, 8:30am – 12:30pm
May 14th – October 30th
Troy Farm Stand
502 Troy Dr, Madison
Thursdays, 3:30pm-6:30pm
June 2nd – October 13th
Behind the Madison East Shopping Center
2700 Block Hermina Street, Madison
Wednesdays, 5:00pm-8:00pm
June 21st – September 20th