Fresh Bucks stretches food stamps at famers markets
Coordinated by the nonprofit Catholic Charities, the program is designed to give people in low-income areas better access to fresh produce.
Fresh Bucks works at every farmers market in Spokane County except the one in Liberty Lake, which is on course to join the program in 2016, said Brian Estes, who coordinates Catholic Charities’ Food for All program. Customers can find the Fresh Bucks tent at the market, swipe their SNAP/EBT cards and receive a voucher worth an extra 40 percent to spend at the market. Chad Sokol, SR
