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Bill to help farmers markets accept food stampsSan Jose Mercury NewsFarmers markets could have an easier time selling to shoppers who use food stamps under a bill passed by the California Assembly. …and more » More: continued here

KHOU Tennessee to reinstate work requirements for able-bodied food stamp recipientsKHOU(TENNESSEAN) — Tennessee will reinstate work requirements for food stamp recipients a decade after they were eased during the height of the economic recession, Gov. Bill Haslam announced Monday. In most Tennessee counties, able-bodied adults … More: continued here

Daily Beast Santorum relates food stamps to minorities, againCBS NewsRick Santorum on Saturday resuscitated one of his more controversial remarks from the past few months of campaigning for president, connecting food stamps with "minority communities." Speaking to a large crowd at the conservative Americans for …GOP candidates say they care for poor but would cut…

January food stamp usage in Utah saw a nearly 30 percent increase in participation over the same period a year ago. Prior to the Great Recession, Utah had one of the lowest food stamp usage rates in the nation. Now it has one of the fastest growing. More: continued here

Rare stamps shed light on historyYour Houston NewsTexas Philately. Stamp dealer and author Charles Deaton at one of his favorite local haunts, Buffalo Grill. Texas Philately. Deaton introduced this rare Goliad stamp to the philatelic world in 1988 when he acquired it from the Moody family of Victoria. More: continued here

Cuts to Food Stamps Are Key in Farm Bill DebateStatelineThat program is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly referred to as food stamps. And after years of recession-driven spending and enrollment growth, lawmakers in Washington are looking to pare it back. The question is how … More: continued here