Using those "Double Up Food Bucks"

     Attention, Bridge Card holders: Double Up Food Bucks will be back at your area’s farmers’ markets starting in June. When you use your Bridge Card at a participating farmers’ market, the Double Up Food Bucks program will match you dollar for dollar with bonus funds – up to $20 – that you can use in the market to buy more fresh, Michigan-grown fruits and vegetables. It’s that simple – spend up to $20 on your Bridge Card at the market, and you’ll get up to $20 more, free, to spend on healthy, local foods. Most farmers’ markets and some on-farm produce stands in Kent, Ottawa, and Muskegon Counties are participating. Visit www.doubleupfoodbucks.org or call toll-free 1-866-586-2796 for market locations and more information, or just visit your favorite market starting in June! 

The following are local community farmers markets that participate in the Double Up Food Bucks Program in our area:

Edmore Farmers' Market                         Greenville Farmers' Market
Corner of Pine St. & Lewis St.                     1325 W. Washington 
Edmore, MI  48829                                    Greenville, MI  48838
Tues 3:00p-6:30p/Fri 8a-1p                       Tues & Fri 8a-12p
Ends 10/25/2014
                              
Ada Farmers' Market
7239 Thornapple Dr
Ada, MI  49301  
Tues 12p-6p
June-Sept 2014

Also know that sometimes it might be more convenient , save time and money when you consider transportation cost for you to use your Bridge Cards at local farms in your area and they are open 6 or 7 days a week though they do not participate in the Double Up Food Bucks Program” (Back Road Garden, The Corner Market, Denny Farms, Hager Gardens, H& W Farms, Hanulcik Farms, Heffron Farms, Heidi’s, Klackles Orchards, Maia Organics, Old Red Mill Farmers Market, Pierson Orchard Market and Sheridan Farmers Market).

Double Up Food Bucks is a project of Fair Food Network, with local support from the Grand Rapids Community Foundation. www.fairfoodnetwork.org

Agencies: For more information or a more detailed article, contact Rachel Chadderdon Bair, Program Manager, at 734 213 3999 x 203 or rbair@fairfoodnetwork.org.