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SNAP recipients can receive up to $30 match on produce at six Houston-area farmers markets

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

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HOUSTON, Texas -- Six area farmers markets are allowing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program customers to double their spending power.

Local nonprofit Urban Harvest's Double Up Houston program is now offering a $30 spending match at area farmers markets for those who receive benefits through SNAP or the pandemic-specific P-SNAP.

Urban Harvest will match expenses up to $30 to double customers' spending abilities. New customers can also receive a $5 coupon.

Customers can use Lonestar or Electronic Benefit Transfer cards to qualify for the match program; they can then apply the match to in-person purchases or online pickup orders from the farmers markets.

The promotion applies at the following Houston farmers markets.

Blodgett Urban Gardens

3216 Blodgett St., Houston

Sat. 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

www.blodgetturbangardens.com

Hope Farms

10401 Scott St., Houston

Sat. 9 a.m.-noon

Pickup and drive-thru only

www.hopefarmshtx.org

Finca Tres Robles

257 Greenwood Drive, Houston