date:Aug 11, 2014
n easy intervention for markets that are already accepting SNAP (formerly known as food stamps) or other federal nutrition benefits, and the payoff is high for the consumers who participate.
About one in four farmers markets currently accept SNAP, she and her colleagues noted in the journal Food Policy.
Farmers markets can bring a spark of life into a community, Dimitri said. The vouchers have the potential to increase the viability of local farmers markets and consequently local communities.