Page last updated on November 18, 2025 at 10:05 am
The Farmers' Market Welcomes Food Stamp Shoppers!
Saturdays, 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at 401 N. Morton St. next to Bloomington's City Hall, April through October; and Saturdays, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in the Pavilion at Switchyard Park, 1601 S. Rogers St. in Bloomington.
Tuesday Market
Tuesdays, 4-7 p.m. at Hopewell Commons, 630 S. Morton St. in Bloomington, June through September
The Bloomington Parks Foundation continues its support of the Double Market Bucks program by increasing the doubling amount of SNAP benefits at the Market up to $27 per Market day.
How to Double Your Food Stamps at Market
- During Saturday Market hours, go inside City Hall to the counter where you see the "Use Your SNAP (food stamp) Card Here" sign. During Tuesday Market, go to the Market information table.
- Use your food stamp card to purchase as many Market Bucks as you like. Market Bucks are available in $3 increments, and can be used like cash to buy farm products from market vendors.
- As long as funding is available, you can double the value of your SNAP (food stamp) purchase. For every $3 in SNAP (food stamp) benefits you exchange, we will give you $6 in Market Bucks!
- Draw up to $27 in SNAP (food stamp) benefits, and receive up to $54 in Market Bucks to buy fresh-from-the-farm, healthy, locally grown farm products at the Farmers' Market.
What to do with Leftover Market Bucks
Keep your unused Market Bucks to spend the next time you shop at either the Saturday or Tuesday Bloomington Community Farmers' Market. Market Bucks expire at the end of the calendar year in which they are purchased.
What you can buy at Market when you exchange food stamps for Market Bucks:
- fruits and vegetables
- breads and cereals
- meat and poultry
- dairy products
- jams and sauces
- maple syrup and honey products
- seeds and plants that grow food
- baked goods that are wrapped, labeled, and intended for home consumption
Stretch Your Food Stamp Dollars!
- Buy in bulk at a discount and preserve by freezing, canning, or drying
- Buy when products are at the height of their season
- Buy seeds and starts and grow your own food
- Buy "seconds" when you don't need perfect-looking food-e.g. tomatoes for sauce
How to get to the Farmers' Market
- Access to the Saturday Market via Bloomington Transit is #2 West 11th St. via Showers Complex. The bus runs every 60 minutes on Saturdays. Call Bloomington Transit at 812-336-7233 or find additional bus route information at bloomingtontransit.com.
- Access to the Tuesday Market at Hopewell Commons via Bloomington Transit is #2 South Rogers/Countryview Apartments. A bus stop is located at 2nd and Morton Streets. Call Bloomington Transit at 812-336-7233 or find additional bus route information at bloomingtontransit.com.
- On-street parking for the Saturday Farmers' Market is available around the Market in metered spaces for $1 per hour, and in the Morton Street Garage at Seventh and Morton Streets (entrance is on Morton Street) for 50 cents per hour. Parking rules are enforced on Saturdays.
- On-street parking for the Tuesday Market is available via back-in, angled parking along West University Street. Bike racks are located along the B-Line Trail at the entrance to Hopewell Commons.
- Take the B-Line Trail to the Farmers' Market Plaza next to Showers Common for Saturday Market, to Hopewell Commons next to the Seminary Square Kroger for the Tuesday Market, or to the Switchyard Park Pavilion for November Market.