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Field Reports

Making the Leap to West Louisville: EBT at Grasshoppers Distribution

Daniel Burke, Emerson Fellow
Published 2010

Louisville, Kentucky

Making the Leap to West Louisville: EBT at Grasshoppers Distribution is a guide for Community Supported Agriculture programs seeking to accept SNAP/food stamp benefits that explores strategies for building community partnerships and options to make weekly shares affordable to SNAP participants.

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Publication tags: Field Reports - Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), Domestic Federal Nutrition Programs, Food Systems and Agriculture, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)/Food Stamps - Community Members, Food Retailers, SNAP/Food Stamp Recipients

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Daniel Burke

Emerson Fellow

Hailing from Monee, Illinois, Danny graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University in 2009 with a double major in Spanish and environmental studies.  He studied in Spain, ran cross-country and track and field, and received two fellowships to fund his work in environmental and food justice.  He also completed a senior thesis on food justice and interned at the Bloomington Farmers Market to help the market transition to accepting SNAP/food stamps benefits.

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