That’s a Wrap: A Fresh Look at Your Farmers Market Impact

Farmers market services impact 2022 through 2025 graphs showing SNAP at farmers market project accomplishments over four years.
How have we supported Texas farmers markets? By increasing sales and food access!
Over 2.1 million SNAP-eligible Texans learned about using their benefits at their local farmers markets through our social marketing.
$380,368 in SNAP funds have been spent at our partner farmers markets. That money stays in communities, supports local farmers, and puts local food on tables.
We’ve helped 22 farmers markets start accepting SNAP, making local food more accessible in their communities.
It's been an amazing four years!
Together with our partners, we’ve expanded SNAP at farmers markets to boost farmers’ revenue and increase community access to fresh, healthy local food in Texas.
This institution is an equal opportunity provider. This material was funded by USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program—SNAP.

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Our Fresh Look at Your Farmers Market project achieved remarkable success from its launch in October 2021 to its end in September 2025. We’re proud to share that we’ve helped 22 farmers markets begin accepting SNAP and reached over 2.1 million SNAP-eligible shoppers through targeted marketing and outreach. Together, these efforts have driven $380,368 in total SNAP spending at our partner farmers markets. This spending goes directly to local producers and supports our Texas local economies. 

As we close out this project, we are thrilled to report the successes we’ve achieved with our aMAZing farmers market partners! Here’s a look at what we accomplished:

Social Marketing

We reached an incredible 2,184,218 SNAP-eligible Texans through marketing and outreach efforts. This success stems from thoughtful collaboration with marketing experts, incorporating feedback from SNAP shoppers across Texas, impressive work by our outreach contractors, and working closely with our partner farmers markets.

SNAP Spending

$380,368 in SNAP funds were spent at our partners’ farmers markets. That includes the $61,470 in SNAP funds spent at markets that partnered with us to start accepting SNAP. That money stays in communities, supports local farmers, and puts local food on tables.

Markets Now Accepting SNAP

This project sits at the crossroads of community-building, farmer support, and food access. We helped 22 of our partners start accepting SNAP throughout this project, making local food more accessible in their communities and increasing the customer base for their local food producers! Check out the gallery below for more from our partners!

How have we supported Texas farmers markets? By helping more markets accept SNAP!
The Texas Center for Local Food has helped 22 farmers markets start accepting SNAP.
Those farmers markets have processed $61,470 in SNAP transactions!
That’s over 61,000 more dollars staying in local Texas economies
and over $61,000 of local food feeding Texas families.
The Texas Center for Local Food was instrumental in getting our market set up to accept SNAP, said Victoria Farmers’ Market in Victoria, TX
We are just beginning our SNAP journey and Texas Center for Local Food staff have been indispensable! We would not have been able to do this without them! said Aggieland Farmers Market in College Station, TX
Without the [TCLF] Fresh Look team, it is highly unlikely that our market would have started the SNAP program, said Cedar Hill Farmers Market in Cedar Hill, TX.
Congratulations to our partner farmers markets who have started accepting SNAP! Your hard work and dedication make it easier for everyone to access fresh, local food.
This institution is an equal opportunity provider. This material was funded by USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program—SNAP.

Curious about SNAP at farmers markets? Visit our Farmers Market Services site to learn more.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider. This material was funded by USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program—SNAP.

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