Nancy Mears, Extension Agent – Family and Consumer Science; mears@udel.edu
Did you know that Approximately $17.6 million of SNAP Benefits issued each month in Delaware? The USDA Food and Nutrition Service places a high priority on expanding SNAP participants’ access to fresh and healthy food through farmers markets and direct marketing farmers, encouraging participants to spend their benefits on healthy foods.
FNS’ EBT Equipment Program offers low-cost, wireless EBT point-of-sale (POS) equipment to eligible markets and farmers. The program pays for the equipment and service fees for up to 3 years, including set-up costs, monthly statement fees, and wireless plan fees. The market or farmer is responsible for paying transaction costs, the costs of scrip systems (paper, ink, tokens, etc.), and fees to terminate an existing contract. The program will be available very soon to eligible farmers and farmers’ markets. To be contacted when the program resumes operations, please email FarmersMarket@fns.usda.gov.