EDC seniors may qualify for farmers’ market coupons
By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee
Seniors who meet income requirements can pick up $20 farmers’ market coupons at senior centers in Placerville and South Lake Tahoe.
The USDA coupons can be used for fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs at Certified Farmer’s Markets and are distributed through the El Dorado County Department of Human Services.
This is great, good healthy food for our seniors; which can be quite expensive for those on a fixed income.
What we really need is a community coop.
This would help take many different age groups needs.
A consumers’ cooperative is a cooperative business owned by its customers for their mutual benefit. It is a form of free enterprise that is oriented toward service rather than pecuniary profit. Consumers’ cooperatives often take the form of retail outlets owned and operated by their consumers.[1] The customers or consumers of the goods and/or services the cooperative provides are often also the individuals who have provided the capital required to launch or purchase that enterprise.