Nutrition benefits at our farmers markets and farm stands, including SNAP, Link Match, and WIC & Senior FMNP Match, increase the food budgets of community members and provide them with year-round access to fresh, local, and nourishing food. By supporting farmers and food producers, these programs also help to boost the local economy.

SNAP/Link/P-EBT

Shoppers with Link or P-EBT cards can use their benefits at local farmers markets! Market staff will swipe your card and provide you with the value of your swipe in our wooden Link Tokens. You can purchase and spend Link Tokens at any of these participating markets:

• Champaign Farmers Market (May–October, Tuesdays, 3–6 p.m.): Bring your EBT card to the info table located at the northeast corner of the plaza.
• Champaign-Urbana Winter Farmers Market (November–April, Saturdays, 8 a.m.–12 p.m.): Bring your EBT card to the info table located inside the Lincoln Square Mall south entrance.
• Danville Farmers Market (May 16–October 3, Saturdays, 8 a.m.–12 p.m.): Bring your EBT card to the info table located at the north entrance of the market.
• Danville Winter Farmers Market (November–April, every other Saturday, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.): Bring your EBT card to the market entrance.
• Good Samaritan Inn’s Mercy Market (June–September, Saturdays, 8 a.m.–12 p.m.): Bring your EBT card to the green tent on the east side of the market, next to the Jackson Preston sculpture.
• Good Samaritan Inn’s Mercy Market: Winter Edition (November–April, every other Saturday, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.): Bring your EBT card to the market entrance.
• Le Roy Farmers Market (May 23–October 31, Saturdays, 8 a.m.–12 p.m.): Bring your EBT card to the market booth.
• Richland Farmers Market (June–September, monthly on the third Wednesday, 3–7 p.m.): Bring your EBT card to the Richland Student Farms market trailer, around the corner to the right.
• Sola Gratia Farm CSA (June–October, Thursdays, 3–6 p.m.): Contact Sola Gratia Farm directly to learn more about how you can use your EBT card to purchase a CSA. [email protected]
• Urbana’s Market at the Square (May–October, Saturdays, 7 a.m.–12 p.m.): Bring your EBT card to the info table located at the north end of the market site. Look for the blue-green tent!
• COMING SOON! Joyful Wren Farm Stand (Every day, 7:30 a.m.-ish to dusk)

Link Tokens are worth $1 each and can be used to purchase any SNAP-eligible food items, including fruits, vegetables, bread, baked goods, meat, eggs, dairy, etc. They are not redeemable for cash and no change can be given when using them for a purchase.

Link Tokens do not currently expire. The following Link Tokens are currently eligible for use:

For more information on SNAP from the Illinois Department of Human Services, click here.

Out-of-state SNAP EBT cards are also accepted.

Universal Link Match

If you swipe your EBT card with us, you’ll automatically receive additional benefits through our Link Match program. Every market day, we’ll double the value of your swipe.

All participating markets under SNAP/Link/P-EBT provide these benefits. Some will distribute physical Link Match Vouchers. Others may provide a discount at the point of purchase. You may use Link Match Vouchers as payment at all of these markets, as well as at other participating Link Up Illinois locations throughout the state.

Please note that Common Ground Food Co-op operates their own independent Link Match program. Link Match Vouchers are not interchangeable between Common Ground and the locations above.

Link Match Vouchers are worth $1 each and can be used to purchase fresh fruits, vegetables, and culinary plant starts only. They are not redeemable for cash and no change can be given when using them for a purchase.

Beginning November 2023, the Link Match Vouchers are GREEN in color. Please note that there is no longer an expiration date printed on your Link Match Vouchers.

Universal Link Match is funded by Link Up Illinois, a program of the Experimental Station.

Winter Token Match

If you swipe your EBT card at the Champaign-Urbana Winter Farmers Market (November–April, Saturdays, 8 a.m.–12 p.m.), you’ll automatically receive even more benefits through our Winter Token Match program. Every market day, we’ll provide additional tokens to increase the value of your swipe.

Green Match Tokens are worth $1 each and can be used to purchase any SNAP-eligible food items, including fruits, vegetables, bread, baked goods, meat, eggs, dairy, etc. They are not redeemable for cash and no change can be given when using them for a purchase.

Green Match Tokens are only eligible for use at the Champaign-Urbana Winter Farmers Market. They expire every year on April 30 and cannot be redeemed after that date.

Please return any unspent Green Match Tokens to the Champaign Farmers Market or Urbana’s Market at the Square information tables.

WIC & Senior FMNP

Shoppers who are enrolled in the WIC or Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Programs (FMNP) can use their FMNP checks with participating vendors. Please note that not all vendors can accept these checks. Qualifying vendors should have signage advertising their participation in the program.

FMNP checks are typically distributed in mid-to-late summer. They expire every year on October 31 and cannot be redeemed after that date.

For more information on WIC & Senior FMNP from the Illinois Department of Human Services, click here.

FMNP Match

WIC & Senior FMNP recipients in Champaign County are eligible to receive FMNP Match Vouchers at participating markets. Simply present your FMNP checks to market staff and they’ll provide you with your additional funds! You can pick up and spend your FMNP Match Vouchers at either of the following markets:

• Champaign Farmers Market (May–October, Tuesdays, 3–6 p.m.): Bring your FMNP checks to the info table located at the northeast corner of the plaza.
• Urbana’s Market at the Square (May–October, Saturdays, 7 a.m.–12 p.m.): Bring your FMNP checks to the info table located on the north side of the market site. Look for the blue-green tent!

WIC & Senior FMNP recipients will receive FMNP Match Vouchers equal in value to your FMNP checks. Please note that each individual may only receive one set of FMNP Match Vouchers, and that FMNP Match Vouchers are not eligible for use at the Common Ground Food Co-op.

FMNP Match Vouchers are worth $1 each and can be used to purchase fresh, unprocessed fruits, vegetables, and herbs only. They are not redeemable for cash and no change can be given when using them for a purchase.

FMNP Match Vouchers expire every year on October 31 and cannot be redeemed after that date. Please note the expiration date printed on your FMNP Match Vouchers.