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(More) Fresh Food With Food Stamps

A frequent complaint about "food stamp" programs (Oregon Trail in Oregon, CalFresh in California) is that users can buy processed or otherwise less-than-wholesome foods. 

Which is why the Fresh Rewards program exists. 

It encourages Oregon Trail card holders to buy fresh produce, by matching part of the value of the purchase, stretching the value of the card. 

We hear how the program works in the Medford area, with boost to the incentives for Hunger Action Month in September.  
 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.