Justin Intal
Co-founder & CEO at Forage
Yes, the investment of money and several grants the USDA has established illustrate how heavily they support this. They’ve made it more accessible, and really highlighted the need and importance of this, especially during the pandemic. The government is in the process of approving online-only merchants like our client Farmstead to accept online EBT for the first time, and focusing on other products like Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). In terms of the spend online, it’s growing month over month.
Forage helps online grocers and platforms with setting up EBT payment processing.