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No money to help stretch SNAP dollars at farmers markets in state budget

A vendor holds out a bag of produce to a customer.
Mao Lee sells produce at the Maple Grove Farmers Market. Money for a program that helps Minnesotans with low incomes shop at farmers markets was not included in the compromise version of an agriculture budget bill legislators are considering in their special session.
Maria Alejandra Cardona | MPR News 2017