1 in 6 getting food stamps in VolusiaDaytona Beach News-JournalComparing data from before the recession began, in March 2007 to March of this year, the latest statistics available, the number of area residents getting food stamps increased by nearly 189 percent. Those numbers were released Monday as state …and more » …
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