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Real Food, Real Choice: Connecting SNAP Recipients with Farmers Markets

Authored by: Suzanne Briggs | Andy Fisher | Megan Lott | Stacy Miller | Nell Tessman Community Food Security Coalition | Farmers Market Coalition

June 2010 Funded by the Convergence Partnership Fund of the Tides Foundation and private donations to the Community Food Security Coalition

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