Food Assistance
Basic Food in Washington State, known as food stamps or SNAP, uses an EBT (Electronic Benefits Transfer) system that works like a debit card that income-qualified people can use to get monthly support for groceries.
- Do I qualify for Basic Food/EBT? To find out, Washington State needs to know your:
- Household size – How many people you live and buy/make food with.
- Income – How much money your household makes. This includes both earned income (the money you make from jobs) and unearned income (cash assistance, Social Security, unemployment insurance, and child support, etc.).
- To apply for Basic Food/EBT – You can apply for EBT online, in person at your local DSHS office, or by calling the the Washington SNAP hotline (1.877.501.2233).
Need Food Now?
If you need to find a food bank or meal program close to you, these up-to-date maps and lists show where you can find them across Seattle.
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FARMacia Recipes
Solid Ground’s Giving Garden at Marra Farm and Sea Mar Community Health Centers bring fresh, healthy produce directly to people at Sea Mar’s clinics in White Center and South Park through free farm stands, which we call FARMacia. We hand out these recipes – one side in English and the other in Spanish – along with samples of healthy foods that people can make at home with the produce they take with them. We hope you’ll try them out!
Grow Your Own Food
Local Gardening Resources
Have questions about gardening in the Pacific Northwest? These resources can help!
The Garden Hotline ~ 206.633.0224 ~ help@gardenhotline.org
Local gardening experts from Seattle Tilth can answer all of your yard and garden questions (language interpretation available).
Gardening Publications
Gardening for Good Nutrition
This guide to growing your own healthy food has easy-to-follow gardening and vegetable cooking advice, basic nutrition information, steps a beginning gardener can take to set up container or yard gardens, composting advice, and a list of community resources
Growing Food in the City
This Seattle Public Utilities publication is a good guide for beginning and experienced gardeners (available in multiple languages on request: 206.633.0224 or TTY: 206.233.7241).
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