SDSU Extension receives funds from the USDA-NIFA Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) grant to offer Double Up Food Bucks in South Dakota. Funds are used to match Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) dollars spent on eligible fruits and vegetables at participating stores and farmers markets. Double Up is designed to help families bring home more fruits and vegetables, support healthier food choices and local economies.
If you have an EBT Card, you're automatically eligible for Double Up. When you use your EBT Card, Double Up matches your fruit and vegetable purchases dollar for dollar, up to $10 per purchase.
How Double Up Works
SDSU Extension has participated with select food retailers across South Dakota to match your SNAP EBT dollars up to $10 per purchase.
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a participating store or farmers market
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for fruits and vegetables
Double Up
match up to $10 with your EBT card
Farmers Market
- Find a participating location near you
- Find the information booth before you shop to ask about Double Up Food Bucks.
- Use your EBT card to purchase SNAP tokens/vouchers to use at the market and receive a matching amount of Double Up Food Bucks tokens up to $10. Example: You use your SNAP EBT card to purchase $5 of SNAP tokens, you will receive $5 of Double Up tokens to use on fruits and vegetables.
- Redeem your tokens at participating vendors at the farmers' market.
Grocery Store
- Find a participating store near you.
- Shop for eligible fruits and vegetables.
- Use your EBT card to get 50% off your eligible fruit and vegetable purchase up to $10 in savings. For example, you use your SNAP EBT card to purchase $20 of eligible fruits and vegtables but with Double Up Food Bucks, you only pay $10.
Participating Locations
Grocery Stores
Buche Foods – Gregory
222 West Hwy 18
Gregory, 57533
Buche Foods – Wagner
401 West HWY 46
Wagner, 57380
Buche Foods – Mission
620 2nd Street
Mission, 57555
Buche Foods – Pine Ridge
560 1st. Street
Pine Ridge, 57770
Buche Foods – Oacoma
1000 E SD Hwy 16
Oacoma, 57365
Buche Foods – Mobridge
214 W Grand Crossing
Mobridge, 57601
Gus Stops
Buche’s Gus Stop – Wanblee
22285 SD Hwy 44
Wanblee, 57577
Buche’s Gus Stop – Lower Brule
32615 Medicine Bull Highway
Lower Brule, 57548
Farmers Markets
Black Hills Farmers Market
Market Park, 245 E Omaha St
Rapid City, SD 57701
Get Involved
Double Up Food Bucks is just getting started in South Dakota. Help us spread the word! Our posters and flyers are perfect to display at your local business, library, school, or community center. We'll even send you free print materials right to your door.
If you are interested in bringing Double to your market, or simply want to help us spread the word, please fill out the interest form below. For more information or questions, contact Jessica Meuleners, SDSU Extension Nutrition Field Specialist.
Frequently Asked Questions
Anyone receiving SNAP benefits is automatically eligible for the program. If you have an EBT Card, you are ready to earn at participating Double Up locations.
We have participating locations across South Dakota. Find a participating location near you from the list above.
Double Up Food Bucks is available in many states and is growing. Visit Double Up America to find other state programs.
At the grocery store, eligible items include: fresh, frozen, canned, or dried; whole or cut fruits and vegetables without added sugar, fats, oils, or salt (i.e. sodium) and fresh herbs.
At a farmers market, Double Up tokens can be used to purchase fresh fruits, vegetables, herbs, and produce seeds or plants meant for consumption (i.e. tomato plant seeds or a tomato plant).
Double Up matches EBT card purchases of eligible produce items up to $10 per day. At the grocery store, you will receive an immediate 50% discount on your purchase up to $10 (i.e. purchase $20 of eligible produce but only pay $10 with your EBT Card).
Double Up is available at South Dakota farmers markets during the market season, most often May-October. However, some markets may choose to offer Double Up year-round or during winter markets. Check our participating locations to find a farmers market near you.
For every $1 spent with your EBT Card, you receive $1 of Double Up tokens to spend on eligible produce, up to $10 per day. The Double Up tokens are in $1 increments. At a minimum, you need to spend $1. You can get the most out of your dollars by spending in increments of $1. There is no maximum daily redemption, and it can be used at any participating farmers market location.
No, Double Up tokens cannot be returned or refunded.
Double Up tokens do not expire while the Double Up Food Bucks grant program is running. However, there is no guarantee that participating farmers market locations will be the same year after year. Ideally, you are using your tokens within the same market season!
