Tuesday, May 29th, 2012

 
  • The Knox County Board of Commissioners held a community meeting Tuesday evening at the Floral Valley Community Center for residents of Apple Valley.
  • Mark Jordan
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$68.88 a week: How to eat well on a food stamp budget

How well can a family of four eat on just $68.88 a week? For more than 38 million Americans, it's more than a matter of conjecture. With job growth and the economy still only sputtering along, a record number of Americans have turned to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the formal name for federal food stamp program. The national average for a family of four at the end of 2009 was $275.53 a month, or about $68.88 a week.

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