For Food Assistance Clients
Farmers Market Nutrition Program
The Farmers Market Nutrition Program is a program that provides seniors and WIC clients with fresh, unprepared, locally grown fruits and vegetables with the goal of expanding the awareness, use of and sales at farmers markets. In Michigan, the WIC program is administered by the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) and is called WIC Project FRESH and the senior program is administered by the Office of Services to the Aging and is called Senior Project FRESH/Market FRESH. Eligible seniors and WIC clients receive coupons worth $2.00 each that they can spend with any vendor and/or farmers market that has a contract to accept the coupons for fresh, Michigan grown produce.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly the Food Stamp Program, is the nation’s largest nutritional assistance program. SNAP benefits can be used to purchase any approved food or food product for human use or seeds and plants for use in a home garden to produce food for personal use.
SNAP Resources
To determine if you are eligible to receive SNAP benefits, see the Michigan Assistance Referral Service.
To apply for SNAP benefits, use MI Bridges.
See the farmers markets that accept SNAP benefits.
Fruit and Vegetable Resources
Project FRESH Michigan Availability Guide
How Much Should I Buy?- Project FRESH Guide for purchasing fresh produce for cooking