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EBT / Food Stamps

EBT | Food Stamps
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All New Mexicans deserve the opportunity to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables from local growers in their community.

When food stamps went from paper to electronic in New Mexico in the mid-1990s, a large segment of our population lost the ability to shop at farmers' markets with their food stamp benefits.

By bringing wireless EBT machines into our markets, more individuals and families will have access to the healthiest, best-tasting food available. It also helps support New Mexico growers.

To shop at a farmers' market with your New Mexico Connections EBT card, locate the market's information table where you will swipe your card in exchange for $1 wooden tokens. The food stamp tokens can then be used for the purchase of any food items at that market, with the exception of food meant to be eaten on at market, such as a breakfast burrito. You can use the $1 tokens just like cash, but no change can be given. You can spend the tokens any time at the market where they were purchased, even if it is weeks later.

In New Mexico, the food stamp program is run by the NM Human Services Department. If you think you may qualify for EBT food stamps benefits, please call 1-800-283-4465.

Farmers' markets that currently accept EBT are:
  • ABQ Uptown Growers' Market
  • Albuquerque Downtown Growers' Market
  • Albuquerque NorthEast Farmers' & Artisans' Market
  • Armijo Village Growers' Market (South Valley)
  • Aztec Farmers' Market
  • Bayard Farmers' Market
  • Belen Farmers' Market
  • Bernalillo Farmers' Market
  • Caravan Nouveu Growers' & Artisan's Market @ Wilson Park (Albuquerque)
  • Clovis Farmers' Market
  • Edgewood Farmers' Market
  • El Valle Farmers' Market (Ribera)
  • Española Farmers' Market
  • Farmington Farmers' Market
  • Le Jardin Verde Urban Growers' Market (Albuquerque)
  • Los Lunas Farmers' Market
  • Mimbres Valley Farmers' Market
  • Mora Valley Farmers' Market
  • Mountain View Sunday Growers' Market (Las Cruces)
  • Nob Hill Growers' Market (Albuquerque)
  • Pojoaque Valley Farmers' Market
  • Santa Fe Farmers' Market
  • Santa Fe Southside Farmers' Market
  • Silver City Farmers' Market
  • Shiprock Farmers' Market
  • Sierra County Farmers' Market
  • Socorro Farmers' Market
  • Taos Farmers' Market
  • Tri-County Farmers' Market (Las Vegas)