Gothamist: More Farmers Markets Accept Food Stamps

Future Taliban

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:49:33 -0500

yes, but do they take euro?

JacqueMehoff

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:56:08 -0500

I hope the technology is reliable. the last time I tried to use foodstamps at whole foods it didn't take. no reason why because it all goes to the same clearing house, some big bank. Most of Chinatown accepts foodstamps, it's just quicker to pay cash.

jink

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:35:15 -0500

produce is usually a good bit cheaper at the farmer's market than it is at the key foods where i live. unless you count things like heirloom tomatoes and specialty items, you can get very good deals there.

Jen Chung

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:33:11 -0500

The crazy thing is that I feel like chain supermarkets cost a lot more than what I see at the greenmarkets or some other stores. For instance, there was an A&P-turned-Food Emporium that charged easily 70% more for a container of yogurt, and it seemed to operate that way because it was the only store in the neighborhood. I agree that Chinatown has the best deals for lots of foods, but I don't think those stalls take food stamps. It's great that the technology is being rolled out and there's a way to give people on food stamps access to fresher, healthier food.

Rocknrope

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:04:34 -0500

Given the higher cost of food at farmer's markets, I would think that those who need food stamps to stretch their dollars more would avoid them and use them in the regular supermarket. The best option for cheap produce, The Chinatown in Manhattan and Avenue U in Brooklyn. I don't know if they accept stamps though, but the cheapo chinese know how to stretch that dolla.

Kojak

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:18:07 -0500

A little something I picked up from stuffblackpeoplehate. Its a rant but it speaks the truth. "The single most infuriating thing about farmers’ markets are the white hipster yuppie twenty-something douchebags trying to sound intelligent by interrogating the vendors about their food. When these assholes, wearing the requisite hipster uniform*, saunter up to salt-of-the-earth farmers it’s actually quite entertaining to watch said farmer’s visibly restrain themselves from punching the hipsters in the face."

meowster

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:08:06 -0500

interesting and good news.

Bottomless Chips

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:08:03 -0500

At the pace we're going, more than half the country is going to be on food stamps. Socialism rockz!