double up food bucks

When the Flint farmers market moved downtown, closer to public transportation, more low-income customers started shopping there for all their grocery needs, a new study finds.

National

In Flint, Mich., Moving The Farmers Market Drew More Poor Shoppers

3:06pm February 19, 2016

by Tracie McMillan

Flint's water woes are in the news. But the city is also a food desert. When its farmers market moved closer to public transportation, it made healthy foods more accessible to low-income shoppers.

These wooden tokens are handed out to shoppers who use SNAP benefits to purchase fresh produce at the Crossroads Farmers Market near Takoma Park, Md. Customers receive tokens worth twice the amount of money withdrawn from their SNAP benefits card — in o

National
Politics & Government
Health & Safety

How 'Double Bucks' For Food Stamps Conquered Capitol Hill

12:52pm November 17, 2014

by Dan Charles

The federal government is putting $100 million behind a simple idea: doubling the value of federal food benefits when people use them to buy fresh produce. This idea started small but became a hit.

Queue Listen Now