Expand senior farmers’ market benefits to include pecans and other tree nuts

Tuberville introduced the Farmers’ Market Expansion Act to add pecans and other tree nuts grown in Alabama to the USDA’s Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program. The program provides locally grown food to eligible low-income seniors who are at least 60 and whose household income is no more than 185% of the federal poverty level. Tuberville says the change would give seniors more food options and create additional markets for Alabama pecan farmers.

Context: The proposal concerns pecans and other tree nuts grown in Alabama. The stated age and income limits are the program’s existing eligibility rules.

In their own words

expand the USDA’s Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) to include pecans and other tree nuts grown in Alabama.

The source

Tommy Tuberville: official policy priorities

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