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.

(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.