Food Stamps come to Sag Harbour Farmer's Market

If you live near the East End area of Long Island, and you receive New York Food Stamp Benefits (SNAP Benefits), then you will be happy to know that you can now user your benefits at the Sag Harbor Farmer's Market.

A really great point about this new development is the fact that the market will allow people who use government aid to be exposed to more fresh fruits and vegetables.

Given all of the hoopla this month over the fact that you can now buy fast food with food stamps at some restaurants, this should be good news to all those who are worried that low income households are not being properly exposed to good nutrition.

Hopefully, other farmer's markets will follow this trend. Ivo Tomasini, co-manager of the Sag Harbor Farmer's Market has stated that he has yet to service someone who presented an EBT Card, but the Westhampton store has had lots of activity.