Lexington Farmer's Market

Food Assistance

The LFM accepts SNAP, HIP, and Farmers’ Market Coupons including WIC & Senior FMNP

SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program):

The LFM provides up to 15 additional SNAP dollars per market day

  • Bring your EBT card to the Market Manager’s table to purchase SNAP coupons.
  • The Market Manager will swipe your card and the amount purchased is deducted from your SNAP account.
  • SNAP Coupons purchased will be doubled (up to $15 per Market day). Example: If you purchase $15 with your SNAP/EBT card, we will give you $30 in coupons to spend with vendors on SNAP eligible products.
  • Use the SNAP coupons on any SNAP-eligible items. Coupons do not expire and can be used week to week.

Stop by the Market Manager’s table to learn more.


HIP (Healthy Incentives Program):

Massachusetts residents enrolled in SNAP are automatically enrolled in the Healthy Incentives Program (HIP). When someone uses their SNAP/EBT card at an approved farmers market to buy fruits and vegetables, they immediately receive a dollar-for-dollar incentive rebate with no coupons needed.  Monthly caps apply based on household size:

  • 1–2 people: $40 per month
  • 3–5 people: $60 per month
  • 6 or more: $80 per month

Example: Buy apples, tomatoes and corn with your SNAP/EBT card. If you spend $12, you’ll instantly get $12 put back into your account. This benefit does not accrue and must be used or forfeited every month.  You must have money available on your SNAP/EBT card to use your HIP benefit.

HIP Vendors at the Lexington Summer Farmers’ Market: Busa Farm, Farmer Dave’s, Kelley Farm and Stillman’s Farm

Visit mass.gov to find out more information on the HIP Program.

WIC and Senior FMNP Coupons:

WIC participants and eligible seniors can use WIC and FMNP coupons for fruits and vegetables at the LFM with the farmers listed below.

Participating Summer Season Vendors:
Busa Farm
Kelley Farm
Stillman’s Farm
Farmer Dave’s

Please contact your local WIC or Elder Nutrition Program for more information and eligibility:

Arlington WIC Office
7 Central St, Suite 160
Arlington, MA 02476
781-646-2032

Elder Nutrition Program
Minuteman Senior Services
12 Mudge Way
Bedford, MA 01730
781-221-7084


Project Bread’s FoodSource Hotline:

For additional questions on local food resources in the community, call Project Bread’s FoodSource Hotline at 800-645-8333 (TTY 800-377-1292). Trained staff are available to answer questions in multiple languages.

  • SNAP eligibility screening & application help
  • Information on HIP, school meals, elder meals, etc.
  • Information on other community food programs

Why support the LFM’s SNAP Match Program?

The Lexington Farmers’ Market was the first in the Boston Metrowest area to accept SNAP and its predecessor, with LFM’s program now in its fourteenth year. When SNAP customers shop at the LFM, we double their SNAP benefits up to $15 with the LFM’s “SNAP Match Program”, making it possible to purchase $30 worth of healthy, fresh foods for $15. We depend upon your donations that enable us to provide this critical service, as LFM does not receive State or Federal assistance to fund our matching program.

As of March 2023, one in seven Massachusetts residents counts upon SNAP to meet their nutritional needs. While many others who are eligible for SNAP fail to apply for it, for a myriad of reasons, yet still struggle with food insecurity. In this post-Covid era of rising food costs, it is staggering to realize that more than 1/3 of Massachusetts adults are unsure where they will find their next nutritionally adequate meal. (Source https://www.boston.com/news/health/2022/06/07/nearly-one-third-of-adults-in-mass-are-facing-food-insecurity-new-survey-shows/)

Many SNAP recipients rely upon the statewide Healthy Incentives Program and stretch their SNAP dollars by shopping at farmers’ markets offering an additional SNAP incentive, including the Lexington Farmers’ Market’s SNAP Match Program. This is good news: it means that families, seniors and individuals in need of food assistance have increased access to buy more healthy, local food at farmers’ markets with their SNAP benefits, which in turn helps our local farmers and food vendors. It is a win-win-win, but also means substantial demands for increases in LFM fundraising as the demand for food assistance rises exponentially.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the nation’s most important anti-hunger program.

  • Nearly 6,000 households in Lexington and surrounding towns participate in SNAP
  • In 2022, SNAP helped 1,024,400 Massachusetts residents, or 15% of the state population (1 in 7)
  • More than 51% of SNAP recipients in Massachusetts are in families with children and members who are elderly or have disabilities
  • More than 33% of SNAP recipients in Massachusetts are working families
  • The average monthly SNAP benefit per person, per day is $6.20
  • Source: Center for Budget & Policy Priorities SNAP Fact Sheet.

Please help us continue to provide nutritious local food to everyone in our community by making a donation, large or small, to the Lexington Farmers’ Market. You can use the PayPal account below, make a donation at the market or send a check; for more information, email [email protected]. Note that for donations of $500 or more, there is the potential for a tax deductible contribution.

Thank you for being part of this generous and caring community.

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