Food Assistance

New in June 2025: The Yarmouth Farmers Market will accept EBT cards. SNAP/EBT users will be able to stretch their dollars at the YFM - and other participating farmers markets - by earning Maine Harvest Bucks. Every SNAP dollar spent at the market generates another dollar that can be spent with any produce vendor. This allows SNAP benefits to go twice as far.

To bridge when the market opens until SNAP, the Yarmouth Farmers Market also has a locally-funded food voucher program that was created in 2016 to reduce barriers to accessing fresh foods at the market. $25 vouchers can be picked up at the information booth at our market. Voucher customers must sign in and can use this benefit up to ten times throughout the season. Vouchers are used like cash at any food stall (no food trucks) and vendors are reimbursed at the end of each market day. .

The Food Voucher Program is funded through generous donations from Yarmouth Cares About Neighbors (YCAN), First Parish Congregational Church and Island Treasure Toys.