CalFresh at Farmers’ Markets
Alchemist CDC Operates the CalFresh Systems at the Following Farmers’ Markets:
Central Downtown
Fremont Park
Cesar Chavez Plaza
Florin Sears
Country Club Plaza
Laguna Gateway Elk Grove
Midtown
Natomas
Sunrise Station
For information on CalFresh benefits, click here.
Alchemist CDC, along with our wonderful volunteers and interns, facilitate CalFresh processing at 9 Certified Farmers’ Markets in the Sacramento region.
Also, check out our: CalFresh-friendly Farmers’ Market Flyer.
CalFresh Facts and Figures:

In 2020, Alchemists CDC saw over $340,000 CalFresh dollars spent at our partner markets alone!
The government estimates that every dollar of CalFresh money spent in our region generates $1.79 in total community spending. Therefore, in 2020, Alchemist CDC generated over $600,000 in extra local economic activity for the Sacramento region!
In the United States in FY2019, Alchemist’s partner markets accounted for 1.5% of SNAP (CalFresh) spent at all farmers’ markets nationwide! Our markets contributed a significant portion of the $14.3 million of SNAP funds spent at farmers’ markets, despite only accounting for 11 of the 2,309 farmers’ markets (0.4%) that accept SNAP. (Source: https://tinyurl.com/2019SNAPRetailData)
Since it’s inception in late 2011, this program has demonstrated a clear trend of growth.
