Double Up Food Program News Today

Acme Market on Mclean Avenue is the first large grocery store in the county to offer the "Double Up Food Bucks" program.

JAMESTOWN — A quickly forming line is all the proof state Sen. George Borrello needs to know the state’s investment in the Double Up Food Bucks program is w

A quickly forming line is all the proof state Sen. George Borrello needs to know the state’s investment in the Double Up Food Bucks program is well spent.

A program that gives low-income Michigan residents fresh fruit and vegetables and a path to healthier nutrition recently got a $2 million boost from state lawmakers.

Oakridger Since its first year in the St. Marys Church parking lot to its current spot adjacent to Jackson Square, the Oak Ridge Farmers Market is going strong. Kathy Burke-Mihalczo is a 32-year member of the Oak Ridge Farmers Market and three-year president of the East Tennessee Farmers Association for Retail Marketing (FARM), the farmers co-op group that runs the market and others in Oak Ridge. She spoke to The Oak Ridger about the Oak Ridge Farmers Markets history, present and future. “Oa...