Farmers' Markets
**When you go to the farmers’ market, always stop at the information booth first.
Bangor Farmers’ Market
https://www.bangorfarmersmarket.org/
General Info: Accepts EBT card market wide.
Winter: December - April
Location: Sea Dog Brewing Co.
Banquet Room
26 Front Street, Bangor, ME 04401
Hours: 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month: 11 AM - 1 PM
Summer: May - November
Location: Abbot Square (opposite the Bangor Public Library)
146 Harlow St, Bangor, ME 04401
Hours: Every Sunday 11:00-1:30pm
Orono Farmers’ Market
https://snakeroot.net/orono/?fbclid=IwAR1djoMfaeXNFhHBzTkIDKAa-prhTLeEetzHVD3KvgesLjGEwClxIHwTbpg
https://www.facebook.com/oronofarmersmarket/
General Info: the Orono Farmers' Market now be accepts SNAP/EBT market-wide
Marr Pond Farm also accepts SNAP EBT cards for their community supported agriculture program in which people can buy shares and get weekly vegetables. https://marrpondfarm.com/csa
Winter: December - April
Location: Asa Adams School
6 Goodridge Dr, Orono, ME 04473
Hours: December, every Saturday: 9 AM - 12 PM
January – April 2nd and 4th Saturdays: 9 AM – 12 PM
Summer: May - November
Location: University of Maine Steam Plant parking lot
300 College Ave, Orono, ME 04473
Hours: Every Saturday 8:00 AM -12 PM
Beginning the 4th Tuesday in June until the last Tuesday in October
Tuesdays 2 PM – 5:30 PM
Hampden Farmers’ Market
https://www.hampdenfarmersmarket.com/
General Info: Accepts SNAP EBT card market wide.
Winter: December - April
Location: Citizens of Maine, 177 Coldbrook Road, Hampden, ME 04444
We’ll be inside in the activities room. Park in the lot farthest from the building and come in the back door (there will be signs).
Hours: December, every Friday: 2 PM – 5:30 PM
January – March: Every other Friday: 2 AM – 5:30 PM
April: every Friday: 2 PM – 5:30 PM
Summer: May – November
Location: St. Matthews Church
70 Western Ave., Hampden, ME 04444
Hours: Every Friday 2 PM -5:30 PM
Maine Harvest Bucks Program
https://www.maineharvestbucks.org/about/about-maine-harvest-bucks
When you use your SNAP EBT card at an approved farmers’ market, you earn bonus bucks in the form of tokens (either wooden or paper tokens) to buy additional fruit and vegetables, either the same day or a later date. Currently, you receive 50% of what you spend at the farmers’ market in Harvest Bucks. So if you spend $20 in SNAP benefits, you will receive $10 in Harvest Bucks tokens. This summer you may be able to earn as much as 100% in Harvest Bucks tokens. Ask at the farmers’ market information booth about the current benefit.
Click here https://www.maineharvestbucks.org/about/how-does-it-work
for further information on how the program works.
**When you go to the farmers’ market, always stop at the information booth first.
There are 2 possible ways to use SNAP the Maine Harvest Bucks at the Farmer’s Market.
- Pick up a shopping sheet. Then as you shop at the market, vendors will write on the sheet what you have bought. Return to the information booth to check out using your SNAP EBT card and receive your Harvest Bucks (as wooden or paper tokens)
- Decide how much you would like to spend at the farmers’ market. Your card will be swiped for that amount, and you will get SNAP tokens to use at the market. You will get additional tokens or vouchers for the bonus Harvest Bucks. Tokens and vouchers can be spent that day or another day.
TIP: Some shoppers will use their SNAP benefits to buy meat and dairy products at the farmers’ market and then use their Harvest Bucks to buy fruit and vegetables.