Maine agribusinesses can get free equipment to handle SNAP sales
By Staff Maine agricultural producers and farmers markets can get equipment at no cost to handle transactions with customers using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Electronic Benefits Transfer cards. The state’s Farm Food Access Program provides reimbursement for the equipment, helping agribusinesses easily sell to the roughly one in eight Mainers who receive federal SNAP benefits, according to a news release last week. The FFAP, developed by the Maine Bureau of Agriculture, Maine Department of Health and Human Services, and Maine Federation of Farmers’ Mark...
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