‘Not just for white, educated foodies’: fewer people are shopping at farmers’ markets on food stamps
California is rich with agriculture, but the region has seen a decline in low-income residents at outdoor markets
San Francisco farmers’ markets are overflowing with summer’s plentiful bounty, but many lower income residents will never get a taste.
The Bay Area has a plethora of not-for-profit programs dedicated to healthy eating but it can’t seem to figure out how to get the food grown here onto the plates of some of the residents who need it most.