Commissioner celebrates Kentucky Double Dollars initiative during Farmers’ Markets Week

In Community, Farm, State by Lee Bratcher

Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Dr. Ryan Quarles, center, met with vendors of the Berea Farmers’ Market Tuesday to celebrate Farmers’ Market Week. While there, he also discussed the Kentucky Double Dollars Program that allows low-income Kentuckians on federal SNAP, WIC, and senior nutrition benefits to double up their buying power at 47 participating farmers’ markets in the Commonwealth. (Photo by KDA.)

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