What is Double Up and How can I Support it? 

The Double Up Food Bucks program doubles SNAP benefits (food stamps) on local food at our local markets.

In 2023, Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture’s Double Up Food Bucks program doubled over $40,000 in SNAP benefits (food stamps) on local food, helping to support our food insecure community members and our local farmers and producers.

Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture has been operating this program since 2017, and has distributed a total of $200,000 in doubled benefits since its inception. See our impact graph below. 

While we receive federal and local grants, we also depend on the support of our community to keep the program operating at the level it does.

To raise money to continue supporting our community, we host a fundraising week every year. 

Double Up Food Bucks Fundraising Week 
was Feb 26 - Mar. 4 in 2024

Thank you for your support!

Thanks to the generous support of local businesses, we had some incredible raffle packages available! 
We rely on community support to raise funds for the whole year!
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​Double Up Food Bucks Fundraising Week ensures that our community can support the Double Up Program during the summer when there is more availability of fresh produce at the markets.

​Donating to Double Up allows more people to have access to fresh and healthy foods, while also supporting farmers during peak season.  


According to Grow Watauga, 1 in 5 children and 1 in 7 adults are food insecure in Watauga County. 
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The fundraising week included opportunities for the community to learn more about the Double Up Food Bucks program, how it supports local farmers, how it increases accessibility to local nutritious food, volunteer opportunities, and more!


It’s a win-win-win!

Our food insecure community members have greater access to healthy local food, our local farmers and producers get sales that they would have otherwise missed, and more food dollars stay in the local economy!

Impact & Testimonials

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“The Double Up Food Bucks Program gave me the chance to support local farmers and buy fresh produce when otherwise I wouldn’t have had sufficient funds to do so.”
- Double Up Food Bucks participant

“Buying local healthy food is very very important to me and I want to see everyone in our community get the chance to be able to participate. I value the connection between food and community and think that the Double Up program is an important piece of allowing this to be possible.” -Double Up Food Bucks supporter

“We have a lot of regular customers who shop with us each week using their Double Up tokens. The program is helpful for them because it makes our products more affordable and they do not have to feel like they are making a sacrifice when choosing nutritious bread over grocery store bread.”
- Farmers' Market Vendor, Between the Trees 
P.O. Box 67 | 969 W King Street
 Boone, NC 28607 | 828.386.1537
Email: [email protected]
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Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture is a non-profit tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)3 of the IRS code (Federal ID # 34-2011588). 

Financial information about this organization and a copy of its license are available from the State Solicitation Licensing Branch at 919-814-5400. The license is not an endorsement by the state.