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Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue says the USDA's idea for SNAP recipients to receive "Harvest Boxes" would not take up all of their benefits, and remaining benefits would still be available via electronic benefit transfer or EBT.   "We were anticipating 50% of the Harvest Box of being on there and 50% on the EBT card," Perdue said. ...

Amazon has a new Prime program for the millions of Americans who have EBT cards. The new policy is causing America’s grocers to complain to Washington, D.C. that the online giant may not be playing by the rules. Politico’s Morning Agriculture Report says USDA feels Amazon isn’t doing anything wrong. The grocery stor...

The Kittitas County Farmers Market is quite busy these days with changes to their layout, a kids area every week, and they’ve begun incorporating credit card usages through the information booth.   Market Board President Liz Goronea said you can swing by the booth with a credit or debit card and get tokens.   “...

The Washington State Department of Agriculture is working with farmers markets throughout the state to help people who struggle with food insecurity. Kim Eads, Program Manager for the Food Assistance program, said working with farmers markets helps both the farmers and those in need...