CGS § 22-6u. Educational materials re benefits to farmers' markets in accepting payment through federal Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children and supplemental nutrition assistance program and participating in Connecticut Farmers' Market/Women, Infants and Children Program. Purchase of necessary equipment. Program to loan or make such equipment available.

(a) Not later than January 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Agriculture shall (1) develop educational materials regarding the benefits to a farmers' market in (A) accepting payment for products through the federal Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children administered by the Department of Public Health pursuant to section 19a-59c and the supplemental nutrition assistance program administered by the Department of Social Services pursuant to the federal Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 and section 17b-2, and (B) participating, to the extent feasible, in the Connecticut Farmers' Market/Women, Infants and Children Nutrition Program administered by the Department of Agriculture pursuant to section 22-6h, and (2) distribute such educational materials to farmers' markets throughout the state.

(b) Not later than January 1, 2025, the Department of Agriculture shall (1) purchase the necessary equipment to enable recipients of benefits or services from the programs described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section to make a purchase at a farmers' market in the state, and (2) establish a program to loan or otherwise make such equipment available to farmers' markets throughout the state.