Funding to support farmers and farmers' market SNAP equipment purchases

Maine Farm Food Access Program created to reimburse direct-market farms and farmers’ markets SNAP/EBT equipment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 6, 2020

Media Contact: Jim Britt, jim.britt@maine.gov

Maine Farm Food Access Program created to reimburse direct-market farms and farmers’ markets SNAP/EBT equipment

AUGUSTA – The Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), in partnership with the Maine Federation of Farmers’ Markets (MFFM), is announcing the creation of the Maine Farm Food Access Program (FFAP), to help direct-market farms, and farmers’ markets acquire wireless electronic benefits transfer (EBT) equipment to process USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) transactions. FFAP reimburses the purchase price of the EBT equipment as well as related costs. Funded by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service, FFAP reimbursements are available through September 2021, and applications are accepted online.

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