New Food Stamp Pilot Enlists Discount Produce

8-22-2010 @10:29AM virginia said... carl,
dont be blaming obama for ebt! i dont like him myself,but he is not to blame for the food stamps.
where i live they have a place to buy produce pretty cheap.but you cannot pick it yourself and it comes in bulk. like 3 lb carrots for $1 or 3 doz lg eggs for $3.50.
but for a family it would work fine.
problem is they have these stores in the suburbs,not in the city where people actually need them.and they dont take ebt cards.
if someone would put hese up in urban areas,they could hire people to work and people could get fruit and veggies frot he kids.
btwe my daughter lives in jax,fl and my grandson buys lunch almost every day.he is autistic and likes to use his "credit card".
he eats a salad with chicken almost every day.sometimes the bp sammich or turkey sammich.and he buys or takes an apple or banana.
it is how he was taught to eat!

8-22-2010 @10:59AM pd39 said... Carl, things haven't changed much since I worked as a grocery clerk in the early 1970s. I would see people (I knew worked for cash) paying for high end steaks and roasts with food stamps, then waltz on over to our alcohol counter and pay cash for half-gallons of Jack Daniels, Glenfiddich, VSOP Courvoisier, and imported beers and tobacco products. I'd go home and slice up a 3 cent-a-pound onion and toss it into my pot of dried beans I made yesterday that had to last me one full week.

But then, nobody ever told me life was fair.

8-22-2010 @11:58AM Appaloosa said... Carl, other than your blatant display of racist ignorance, you have a valid point. Use of food stamps should ONLY be used for healthy and nutitious foods. They also should be printed with the recients names on them.

8-22-2010 @12:04PM Linda said... Car.............l you could not be more spot on ...........................you are so right........I worked in the supermarkets for 25 years and ............the " people on welfare" do know how to work the systom. It does not matter if they change the program they will find a way to screw the tax payer. I call it free food day every 1st of the month....and stay away from the markets.

8-22-2010 @3:44PM Melly said... Of course there will always be people who know how to manipulate the system, no matter what you do. However, I'd say those people who misuse EBT are in the minority, rather than the majority.

Carl, Obama has nothing to do with the EBT system, it was in place long before he was in office. So your little BTB saying is really out of line. And Carl, homeless people are exempted from the whole hot foods issue, they are even allowed to purchase meals at some fast food restaurants, because they do not have refridgerators to hold supermarket purchases.

I'm sure most people think the majority who are using the food stamp program are black, but white people still make up the majority of the population, and thus make up the majority of welfare users as well. Which, technically food stamps are not welfare, cash aid is welfare. There is a limit on the amount of years you can use welfare, but not food stamps.

I can see frustration at the people who misuse the system, but many do not. In these current economic times, many who have never used SNAP or welfare have had to do so.

There are many places you can get produce at a reasonable price, you just have to look around. Most of these stores also accept EBT. Even Costco accepts EBT now. Henry's has great produce at a great price. The best deal in my area for produce is at a swap meet, but it only occurs every other week, and of course they wouldn't be accepting EBT either. Also, I think EBT pays for seeds so you can grow your own produce. They should let them buy those topsy turvy things lol. So people in the inner cities could at least grow their own fresh tomatoes, if they were inclined to.

8-22-2010 @3:30PM mark said... I agreee and if they will stop accepting these at gambling establishments around the country they could kill off the abuse and terrible waste.

8-22-2010 @10:07PM julie said... I have also been in the checkout line behind people whose carts are full of soda, chips, boxes of snack cakes and frozen fried chicken. The person pays with a EBT card and I wonder where the fruits, vegetables and lean meats are. Many times, the person purchasing these items have young children with them who are overweight, and looking at the food that is purchased, I can see why. Personally, I feel that junk food and soda should not be covered by EBT. From my observations, many of the foods that are being purchased with EBT are empty calories that are not providing the nutrition that children need to stay healthy. Thank goodness that others are seeing this too and are trying to address this problem.

8-22-2010 @10:43PM peopleagainstmorons said... i used to live in detroit, and the scams with food stamps were rampant! before they had the cards, individuals woul buy 2 lemons with a $20.00 food stamp, pocket the change, then go next door to the liquor store and buy beer or hard liquor. maybe food should be supplied to food stamp recipients to ensure that their families are getting what they need.

8-23-2010 @1:10PM tracer said... Anyone who stands in line st the super market to begrudge another of what they eat or how they pay for it NEEDS A LIFE SERIOUSLY. Hopefuly when your anorexia frame falls down from lack of food some fat hungry dog will eat your brain. LKAO@Stewpidity

8-20-2010 @4:47PM Al Schrader said... Today's hybrid crops suck the nutrients right out of the soil. So, I have to replace them or I get miniature corn & miniature watermelons, etc or even nothing. The nutrients are nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium which are sold in 33 pound sacks. When you combine the cost of this with water,
plowing, cultivating, picking, & shipping, I have to get 50 cents for a tomato just to break even which means you have to pay about a dollar for it in the supermarket. That's just to break even.

8-22-2010 @8:11PM steverc53 said... Don't believe everything you read here

8-20-2010 @5:46PM lin said... ruth you need to read a little more. farmers were paid to idle land for periods from 10 to 15 years. this was to give the land a rest, provide cover for wildlife and reduce erosion. the payments in ohio were just enough to cover the fuel for the required mowing. the farm bill that everyone screams about-food stamps, school lunches and several other free or low cost food programs take the majority of the money allocated in that farm bill.

8-22-2010 @1:00PM Aerin said... Lin: I am sorry to burst your bubble, but there are a number of millionaire "farmers" who make a superb life on farm subsidies. There are a couple of sugar growers in Florida who are multi-millionaires on NOT producing a crop and a television anchorman who's personal retreat is maintained on farm subsidy money. There are any number of others.

8-22-2010 @9:14PM Florence Brooks said... "Most Americans" do not want to work on farms, It is hot and hard work. They can get more sitting on their fat butts, in the subsidized housing with the food stamps and medicaid, watching the soaps and playing with their cell phones. In schools, the "entitled" and subsidized pick on the farm kids, who are probably the smartest, hardest working and most responsible and self sufficient people they actually know.

8-20-2010 @8:52PM Mark said... I know exactly what your talking about, a few months ago a friend and i were getting drinks for a 2 hour road trip. We were grossed out to see the store brand "Sunny D equvilent" which you would think had some amount of Oragne juice in it was actually CHEAPER then WATER!!! Even the generic no brand bottled water. High Frucose Corn Syrup anyone?

8-22-2010 @8:37AM nana7 said... Most high schools have salad bars but kids on free/reduced lunches aren't allowed it.. They are forced to eat the processed junk. Also if you send them with a packed lunch they can't have milk unless they pay for it.. Also if it weren't for fast food places most people would starve. For over 4 yrs. I have watched kids grow up. I see the same people in 1-3 times a day.. If you eat hash browns/rounds all you are eating is grease.. What is wrong with a bowl of cereal, unsweetened, for breakfast, and a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch? A lot healthier for your kids then burgers/nuggets..