Fair Food Cards
Fair Food Card Program
Fair Food is a food subsidy program that helps low- and middle-income families in Clinton, Franklin, Essex, and Hamilton Counties to access locally sourced, farm fresh foods. We work with farmers and food processors who not only grow or produce food locally, but who also value humane care of livestock and sustainable agriculture.
Participants receive a Fair Food Card, which is a credit card that has been pre-loaded with funds based on household size. Fair Food Cards can only be used to purchase foods from approved farm vendors. AdkAction works with referral partner organizations to enroll cohorts of participants in the program.
If you are experiencing food insecurity and have an immediate need for assistance, please contact your county’s Department of Social Services office.
For more information about our Fair Food Program, please email [email protected]
Where can I use my Fair Food Card?
Fair Food Cards are accepted at the following approved farms, farmers markets, food hubs, farm stores, and retailers throughout the Adirondacks. Check back regularly as our list is quickly growing.
Banks Farm, Boonville
Winding Brook Farm, Chateaugay
Crown Point Bread Company, Crown Point
Brandy Brook Maple Farm, Ellenburg Center
Craigardan, Elizabethtown
Reber Rock Farm, Essex
River & Rails Market, Essex
Essex Farm, Essex
Route 30 One Stop, Indian Lake
Kalil’s Grocery, Inlet
Blue Pepper Farm, Jay
North Country Creamery, Keeseville
Mace Chasm Farm, Keeseville
Wild Work Farm, Keene
Green Goddess Market, Lake Placid
ADK Trading Post, Long Lake
Harmony Hills Farmstead, Malone
Running Roots Farm, Morrisonville
Cook Family Enterprises, Owls Head
Rulfs Orchard, Peru
North Country Food Co-Op, Plattsburgh
North Point Community Farm, Plattsburgh
Polish Corner, Plattsburgh
Red Oak Food Company, Plattsburgh
AHA Mushrooms, Area Farmers Markets
Charles Johns Store, Speculator
ADK Food Hub, Tupper Lake
Sugar House Creamery, Upper Jay
Juniper Hill Farm, Wadhams
Essex Food Hub, Westport
Triple Green Jade Farm, Willsboro
Participant Resources
- What can I purchase with my Fair Food Card? All local, SNAP-eligible goods can be purchased using your Fair Food Card. This includes fresh fruits and vegetables, meat, poultry, fish, dairy products, breads, tortillas, doughs, refrigerated or frozen prepared meals, snacks, maple, honey, and seeds & plants that produce food for a household to eat. This does not include supplements/vitamins, hot foods at point-of-sale, alcoholic beverages, or tobacco products.
- Why can Fair Food Cards only be used at select locations?
- Our program aims to help qualified individuals and families have better access to local, fresh foods from local farms that are also sustainably managed.
- We want to encourage participants to shop directly from approved local farmers and food processors, thereby better completing the circle of the sustainable, local food system.
- We are continuing to add vendors to the program. If you have a specific local vendor you would like to see added to the list, please let us know by emailing [email protected] and we will get in touch with them.
More tools to Eat Local for Less
Use Adirondack Harvest’s map tool to find local food and products throughout the region, and to identify locations that accept different food assistance programs including Fair Food Pricing, SNAP, Double Up Food Bucks, Farmers Market Nutrition Program, Fresh Connect, and e-WIC.
SNAP recipients are eligible to sign up for another program called “Double Up Food Bucks” to get additional funds to bring home more produce at participating farm vendors and at farmers markets. The program matches the value of SNAP spent on locally grown fruits and vegetables, up to $20 per day. For example, if you spend $10 from your SNAP EBT Card at a participating farmers market or mobile market, Double Up Food Bucks gives you another $10 to buy fresh fruits and veggies grown in New York State.
If you are eligible, we can help you sign up for Double Up Food Bucks during Fair Food Pricing enrollment.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a federal program, formerly known as “food stamps” that helps millions of low-income Americans put food on the table every year. SNAP provides families with their basic nutritional needs to get them through temporary hard times.
To get SNAP benefits, you must apply in the state in which you currently live and you must meet certain requirements, including resource and income limits. You can check eligibility and apply at ny.gov – it takes about 60 minutes to complete the application.
Once you qualify for SNAP you will receive an EBT card. The EBT card looks like a debit card, and can be used to pay for groceries at participating stores, including the Hub on the Hill and the Keeseville Farmacy.
The Adirondack Food System Network has put together a map of vendors who accept SNAP and WIC in the region.
All vendors in the nine-county region who accept the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and/or Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) are designated by a dot on the map.
View the interactive map here.
AdkAction launched a limited recipe series for our Farmacy project to share recipes and tips to enjoy eating locally produced ingredients all winter long. Click each collection’s title below to open a PDF.
Local Winter Recipes: Thanksgiving Edition
Local Winter Recipes: Breads & Dips
Local Winter Recipes: Quick & Easy
Local Winter Recipes: Meal Prep & Meals That Serve Many
Local Winter Recipes: Soups, Stews, Broths & Chili
Local Winter Recipes: Cozy Breakfasts
AdkAction has launched a limited recipe series for CSA shares and Fair Share participants to share creative recipes based on the foods grown in the Adirondacks during harvest season. Click each collection’s title below to open a PDF.