Farmers Markets Get Money to Take Food Stamps – Washington Post

Farmers Markets Get Money to Take Food StampsWashington PostMay. 9, 2012 – Fewer than a quarter of the nation's roughly 7100 farmers markets are set up to use the Electronic Benefit Transfer system. New grants will bring another 4000 of those outlets on line with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.and …

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Postal Service Holds Back on Closures – New York Times

WLFI.com Postal Service Holds Back on ClosuresNew York TimesWASHINGTON — The United States Postal Service said Wednesday that it wanted to keep hundreds of small post offices open with reduced hours, whittling down its ambitious plan to streamline its services and balance its books. It said it would also offer …

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