21 Oct Wed 2009
FMPP Grant
I've put off this post for some time. We were unsuccessful in our request for an FMPP Grant from USDA-AMS. The main part of the request was for an EBT (electronic benefit transfer) machine. An EBT machine would enable us to take SNAPP (food stamps), credit cards, debit cards, and ATM transactions, at the Westminster Farmers' Market. There was only one award in the state of Massachusetts.
The state Department of Agricultural Resources is offering an EBT grant program. We plan on applying for this program. If we are unsuccessful, we will do it the old fashioned way, DIY.
Check out this link to see who got what in your state. Congratulations to the Rochester N.Y. Public Market. But $ 100,000 for a trolley system to cart people to and from the parking lot? Really, it's not sour grapes; it's just that our customers walk.