The number of Utahns looking for help at food pantries has soared over the past few months as food prices spiked and personal bills rose. The state has seen a simultaneous jump in households relying on food stamps. Those in need say high rents and few jobs are part of the financial web trapping many Utah families.
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Deadline Wednesday to apply for disaster-related food stamps…Beaumont Enterprise, tx –38 minutes agoBy CHRISTINE RAPPLEYE Hurricane Ike victims have until Wednesday to apply for disaster food stamps or disas-ter unemployment benefits, according to a news … More: continued here
WNN – Women News Network Silver Pen letter: Food stamps cut while wealthy prosperAppleton Post CrescentIt's not surprising that Congress has merged the cutting of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by $39 billion with the estimated $500 billion, five-year subsidy farm bill. One feeds the poor and one feeds the greedy elite of our country…
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Open Season: Sexton's painting wins way onto stampSouth Coast TodayJanice Sexton of Westport captured top honors in the 2010 Massachusetts Waterfowl Stamp competition with an exceptional painting of a Canada …and more » More: continued here