Maine Farm Food Access Program created to reimburse direct-market farms and farmers' markets

Written By Jym St Pierre

PENOBSCOT BAY PILOT • April 6, 2020

The Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry and the Department of Health and Human Services, in partnership with the Maine Federation of Farmers' Markets, is creating the Maine Farm Food Access Program, to help direct-market farms, and farmers’ markets acquire wireless electronic benefits transfer (EBT) equipment to process USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) transactions.

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