The Double Dollars program offers FoodShare shoppers a dollar-for-dollar match, up to $20 per market day, at participating farmers’ markets. These tokens can be used towards the purchase of fruits and vegetables. The funds spent by shoppers directly support vendors, who are fully reimbursed for every Double Dollar redeemed.

2024 – 2025 Winter Markets

Dane County Farmers Market

Late Winter Market
Garver Feed Mill
3241 Garver Green, Madison, WI
Saturdays, 8:00am – 12:00pm
January 4th, 2025 – April 5th, 2025

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Willy Street Co-op

Willy Street Coop
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Tuesdays, 7:30am – 9:00pm
October 15th, 2024 – March 4th, 2025

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Dane County Farmer's Market

Late Winter Market
Garver Feed Mill
3241 Garver Green, Madison, WI
Saturdays, 8:00am – 12:00pm
January 4th, 2025 – April 5th, 2025

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Willy Street Co-op

Willy Street Coop
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Tuesdays, 7:30am – 9:00pm
October 15th, 2024 – March 4th, 2025

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For more information contact:

Spencer Childers
spencerc@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:

  • Fruits and vegetables (fresh, canned, dried, or frozen) without added sugars fats, oils, or salt
  • Edible seeds
  • Herbs (including wild, edible, and medicinal plants)
  • Beans
  • Mushrooms
  • Peas and lentils
  • Plant starters

As of 2024, Double Dollars tokens cannot be spent on:

  • Meat products
  • Dairy products
  • Peanuts or hazel nuts
  • Breads or cereals
  • Snacks or prepared foods (for example, anything sold by a food cart)
  • Beverages
  • Seasonings
  • Honey, sauces, or preserves (such as pickles and jams)
  • Flowers or non-food producing plants
  • Pet food and products
  • Non-food items like toiletries, paper products, household supplies, and cosmetics
  • Vitamins and medicine

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 for fruits and vegetables.

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!

The Willy Street Co-op distributes double dollars on “Double Dollars Tuesdays”. For more information visit: https://www.willystreet.coop/community/double-dollars

See a full listing of participating farmers markets above. 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.

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