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New Jersey - Food Stamps Now Approved To Buy Produce at Farmers Markets Across State |
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The new program provided the farmers' market operators to the scanning equipment so people on food stamps, now known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, may use their Electronic Benefits Transfer cards to buy fresh produce, officials said.
"Maintaining good nutrition while living on a very limited budget is something that Food Stamp recipients wrestle with every day," Velez said at the Capital Farmer's Market on East State Street in downtown Trenton, where she and Fischer announced the program. "People who use Food Stamps now have a greater choice of where they can purchase healthy, fresh New Jersey fruits and vegetables to enhance and stretch their food dollars."
The program has enlisted 15 farmers who sell their produce at 82 farmers' markets throughout the state, officials said.
Food Stamp recipients may learn which farmer's markets in their area are accepting Food Stamps by consulting posters in their County Welfare Agency. They also should look for signs at the farmers' market that say they accept the Family First card, as not all markets are participating. For the list of participating farmers, markets, and other information, go to the state's website.
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Jul 09, 2009 at 04:16 PM Anonymous Says:
This is a good change since these farmer's markets offer fresh food and there is no need for hashgacha given what they sell.
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Jul 10, 2009 at 12:27 AM PMO Says:
This is not a GOOD thing! Why not make being on food stamps so easy that EVERYONE will be on them. Then we can ALL take money from those who work hard to earn a living!
Being on food stamps SHOULD BE DIFFICULT. It is not a lifestyle. Food stamps were designed to help someone get through rough financial patches, not make it part of their "income". Being on food stamps has become a "lifestyle choice" for far too many people who don't want to work. It hurts the entire community and takes money from MY pocket. Just because you are too lazy to work, or were too ignorant to lean how to make a living, does not mean that you have the right to just take MY money.
I'd bet if you had to drive an hour to buy food on food stamps, you'd think twice about going on the program in the first place. Maybe you'd work harder... maybe you'd actually learn how to do something to make a living instead of leaching off me and every other hard working yid.