On Friday afternoon, Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Agriculture Commissioner Bryan Hurlburt will visit the Monroe Farmers Market to announce the launch of an initiative that will improve equitable access to fresh, nutritious food by enabling customers who participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children – commonly known as WIC – to use their electronic benefits transfer (EBT) cards as a form of payment at farmers markets statewide rather than providing payment with paper checks.
The Connecticut Department of Agriculture is receiving a $250,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service for the initiative.
The Monroe Farmers Market was voted the #1 farmers market in Connecticut, #2 in the northeast, and #5 in the country through the American Farmland Trust’s 2022 Farmers Market Celebration.
