[header] How to legally get food for free or cheap [title] See if you qualify for the supplemental nutrition assistant program (snap). [step] The supplemental nutrition assistant program, or snap, provides you with an electronic card that you can use at grocery stores to buy food. [substeps] Snap cards are known as electronic benefits transfer card, or an ebt card. 
Not all grocery store purchases can be made using a ebt card. You can only use your card to purchase food or seeds to grow food to eat.