Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program
Provides low-income Seniors residing in participating communities with electronic food benefits for fresh Alaska-grown fruits and vegetables at farmers markets
Overview
The Alaska Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) provides $40 in electronic benefits to seniors and helps expand the awareness of farmers' markets in the state. The program provides low-income seniors with electronic benefits that can be exchanged for fresh Alaska-grown fruits, vegetables, fresh-cut herbs and honey at participating farmers’ markets, authorized farms, and roadside stands within Alaska.
Who qualifies?
To qualify, you must:
- Be an Alaska senior, age 60 or older
- Have an income less than 185% of the federal poverty level
- Live in an area with authorized farmer-vendors, which are: Anchorage, Eagle River, Fairbanks, Delta Junction, Homer, Kenai, Palmer, Wasilla, Willow, Soldotna, Kodiak, Juneau and Sitka.
Tips and Reminders
Talk to the farmers. They love talking about what they’ve grown and may have some great recipes to share with you.
What You Can Buy: Fruits, vegetables and cut herbs grown in Alaska. (Only SFMNP QR cards can also purchase Alaska produced honey.)
What You Cannot Buy: Products grown outside of Alaska, foods processed beyond their natural state and/or with added ingredients, legumes, potted plants.
How to sign up
Your Senior Agency will help enroll you in the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, and will issue your Senior Farmers’ Market electronic food benefits for you. If you do not already know your senior agency’s contact information, they are listed on the 2025 Senior Agency List.
Apply for the Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program