There was much outrage in March when Salon.com exposed hipsters who dared to use food stamps to buy organic food.
Now one Bay Area group is encouraging low-income residents to use their government subsidies to not only eat organic but to eat local as well.
Members of the government run Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program are using the Healdsburg and Petaluma Farmers Markets as a trial run to encourage food stamp recipients to shop at their local farmer's markets, according to the Santa Rosa Press Democrat.
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