Gardening with CalFresh

  • Market Match at Farmers' Markets

    The North Coast Growers Association provides a match benefit for CalFresh shoppers at farmers' markets in Arcata, Eureka, McKinleyville, Fortuna, Garberville, Miranda, and Shelter Cove.

    CalFresh shoppers who swipe their EBT cards at the farmers' market manager's booth can receive bonus farmers' market dollars FREE. This is a great way for CalFresh shoppers to stretch their dollars at Humboldt County farmers' markets for healthy foods.

    Info on eligibility and applying for CalFresh here

  • Grow Your Garden with CalFresh

    Download our 2025 Grow Your Garden with CalFresh brochure for information on how CalFresh can help you purchase plants and seeds that produce food in a garden, garden preparation and growing tips, and ways to stretch CalFresh dollars even further at local farmers’ markets with Market Match. Available in Spanish too.

  • Garden Growing Cards

    Food for People produces a series of Garden Growing Cards that explain how to grow many common vegetables and fruits in a Humboldt County garden, from seed or seedling. The back of each card includes information about CalFresh, how and where to apply in Humboldt County. Cards are accessible at farmers' markets, at Food for People distribution sites. Plant starts and seeds that produce food can be purchased with CalFresh, and when you do so at a farmers' market, you receive free Market Match bonus dollars to spend at the market!

    DOWNLOAD ORIGINAL SERIES OF GARDEN GROWING CARDS HERE

    DOWNLOAD SPANISH-LANGUAGE SERIES HERE

    DOWNLOAD NATIVE SERIES HERE

    Included: Beets, Brassicas (Broccoli, Cauliflower, Cabbage and Collards), Broccoli, Canteloupe, Carrots, Chamomile, Cherry Tomato, Corn, Crab Apple, Cucumbers, Green Beans, Huckleberry, Kale & Swiss Chard, Lemon Verbena, Lettuce, Onions, Peas, Peppermint, Peppers, Potatoes, Radishes, Salal, Salmonberry, Spinach, Strawberries, Tomatoes, Wild Onion, Winter Squash, Yerba Buena and Zucchini.