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WHAT IS GOOD FOOD BUCKS?
Watch our Good Food Bucks video below to learn more!
ABOUT
City Green's Good Food Buck program is New Jersey's largest statewide SNAP-Doubling nutrition incentive program for fruits and vegetables at farmers markets, grocery stores, and other fresh-food retailers. For every $1 you spend with your SNAP Families First EBT Card at participating locations, you receive a Good Food Bucks coupon or discount for your fresh produce purchases. Get DOUBLE the amount of fruits and vegetables for the same price! Check out our list of participating locations to find out what markets offer Good Food Bucks near you!
Zero registration needed for shoppers to participate! All SNAP shoppers are automatically eligible for Good Food Bucks benefits at our participating locations just by using their EBT card. For support applying for SNAP, you can contact our partners at the Community Food Bank of New Jersey or apply at NJ SNAP.
City Green provides funding, training, and technical assistance to produce vendors of all shapes and sizes so that ALL of our neighbors can double the amount of fresh fruits and vegetables on their tables, while at the same time supporting the people who grow our food.
Farmers markets, farm stands, mobile market programs, and CSAs, click here to learn more about serving Good Food Bucks at your market and apply for the program for 2024.
Grocery stores, supermarkets, corner stores, bodegas, or other brick-and-mortar retailers, click here to learn more about serving Good Food Bucks at your establishment and fill out our interest form.
Through the Good Food Bucks Program, families across New Jersey can have access to the healthy, farm-fresh produce they deserve.
"The Good Food Bucks program has expanded our Farmers Market tremendously. It shows that shopping for fresh, local and healthy produce is accessible to everyone in our community. We have seen families benefit from our program and continue to come back weekly because this is one of the best ways to spend their money."
Manager at Riverview Farmers Market, Jersey City
"This program means a lot to me and my family. I want my kids to grow up eating healthy. It isn’t easy for us to buy fresh foods all the time. We never shopped at a farmers market before this year. At first it was very different for us but we really love coming here now. We’re thankful for the program and all the fresh foods we can have
at home now."
Good Food Buck Shopper at Montclair Farmers Market
PROGRAM IMPACT
The numbers at a glance
$706,000
In Good Food Buck incentive dollars redeemed with SNAP and WIC/Seniors FMNP across our partner network since 2016
Participating farmers markets, farm stands, grocery stores- and growing every year!
35
56,000
SNAP and FMNP shoppers have used Good Food Bucks to buy more local produce for their families!
Good Food Bucks are
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Good For Public Health
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Good for the Economy
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Good for Farmers
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Good for New Jersey
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The Good Food Bucks Program is brought to you by
City Green
City Green is a 501(c)3 urban farming and gardening organization, based in Clifton, New Jersey working to revitalize urban areas through agriculture and educational programming. It offers practical, technical and financial resources in support of environmental stewardship, equitable access to healthy food, and ecologically sustainable communities.
City Green envisions livable, green urban communities that are socially, economically and environmentally rejuvenated. Because of the community garden and greening projects carried out by the community with the help of City Green, residents have access to bountiful fresh produce; youth have volunteer, work and leadership opportunities in the community; and neighborhoods have welcoming, safe, natural respites that are a focal point for sociability, community involvement, cultural expression and individual empowerment.
Visit City Green's website for more information.