Establishing temporary use standards for farmers markets, permitting requirements, and requiring they accept all forms of payment including those of food assistance programs

This subdivision establishes temporary use standards for farmers markets, including permitting requirements, with an allowance that “a single farmers market permit may be used for multiple events on the same property in one calendar year.” The subdivision also specifically requires that farmers’ markets and their vendors “accept forms of payment by participants of federal, state, or local food assistance programs, including but not limited to the Food Stamps/Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program; and the Seniors’ Market Nutrition Program. Such forms of payment include but are not limited to coupons, vouchers, and Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards.”