Op-Ed: California Should Renew State Funding for Food Security
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The state’s nutrition programs provide benefits to vulnerable populations, as well as farmers and local economies.

Market Match gives shoppers who use CalFresh (California’s name for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) a dollar-for-dollar match of up to $15 per visit to purchase fresh produce at farm-direct sites like certified farmers’ markets, mobile markets, and farmstands. The Fruit and Vegetable Program provides a dollar-for-dollar match of up to $60 per month, […]

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