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Receiving SNAP Benefits? Use Them To Plant a Garden

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

This was in the 1980s, deep in the recession. I still remember one Thanksgiving during that period of unemployment when our church gave one of the food baskets for the needy to us. Growing a home garden could be an excellent way for SNAP recipients to extend their benefits and have more food to get them through the month.

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