With more families turning to food stamps as food prices increases, more farmers markets are accepting them . The Farmers’ Market Federation of NY says that food stamp sales have grown to $90,000 in 2007 from $3,000 in 2002 (helped in part by wireless technology that allows the farmers to accept payments by food stamp debit card); executive director Diane Eggert told the AP, “We’re already …
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