Feb 17, 2010
Lawmakers Help Food Stamps Get to Farmers Markets

Tina Tennyson loved to make raspberry jam using the fresh fruit she bought at the farmers market in San Jose. When she recently moved to Sacramento, she hit a stumbling block: The local market didn’t accept food stamps. Daily Democrat, Woodland, Calif.

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