Purchase produce using SNAP

Below is a sample SNAP token transaction, step by step.

1) SNAP customers should start at the Farmers Market Information Booth where they may purchase SNAP tokens using their EBT card. The tokens are green and only come in $1 increments.

2) Customers select their items from eligible vendors, are provided with their total like any regular transaction and then present SNAP tokens as their form of payment.

3) Vendors take the tokens, NO CHANGE IS GIVEN.  If a customer’s purchase is not an even dollar amount, customers have the following options for completing their purchase:

             EXAMPLE, based on a $4.50 total

• They may use 4 tokens and 50 cents in cash.
• They may use 5 tokens, but they will NOT receive change.  

*Please be sure to secure tokens as you would cash - - the Market cannot reimburse for lost or stolen tokens. 

History  

The Omaha Farmers Market traces its roots back nearly 100 years. It all began at the turn of the century on the corner of 11th and Jackson streets. This was the site of Omaha’s “City Market,” a very popular farmers’ market that local residents and grocers relied on for their produce and fresh goods. Until 1964, this was where growers came to sell everything from fruits and vegetables to herbs and honey.

After a hiatus of 30 years, the Omaha Farmers Market was revived in 1994 on the very corner lot where the original market thrived so many years before. Fresh, locally grown produce, baked goods and flowers were once again available each Saturday morning from May to mid-October. The Market has expanded to fill 11th Street from Jackson to Howard streets with approximately 110 vendors each Saturday.

In 2010, the Omaha Farmers Market has added a new chapter to its story. Omahans have relished another day to “buy local and eat fresh” at Aksarben Village in Midtown every Sunday from Memorial Day through Labor Day weekends.

In 2011, the Omaha Farmers Market created the opportunity for an underserved community to also purchase fresh local produce by opening a third market at the Charles Drew Health Center in North Omaha. This market was the first in Omaha to allow customers to use WIC coupons obtained through the CDHC for payment.

The Omaha Farmers Market a great opportunity for supermarket goers to buy fresh local products, shake the hand of the grower and realize there are some things you just can’t find in a store.

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