Laura Matter News Today

Home gardener Maggie Slighte was thrilled to discover that she could use food assistance program benefits to purchase seeds and food-bearing plants nearly 20 years ago. Slighte, who is lower-income and lives in Olympia with ADHD, autism and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, has been dialing in her strategy for growing food to feed herself and her family ever since.

Using SNAP to grow produce could prove useful if more people — and retailers — knew about it.

Using food assistance to grow gardens could prove useful if more people — and retailers — knew about it.