On a Tuesday morning in early September, Westminster food pantry Growing Home was packed.

The place is set up like a small, well-stocked grocery store, and a constant stream of people moved through the aisles. One of them, 66-year-old Geena Wissman, was relieved as she looked over the items in her cart.

“Boy, this is really gonna help me out,” she said.

Wissman, who can’t work because of a disability, said she goes hungry sometimes because she can’t afford groceries. She’s also a SNAP recipient.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly called SNAP or food stamps, is the main source of food assistance for low-income Americans.

Wissman said she worries federal cuts to the program will make it even harder for her to get enough to eat.

“It would be a big problem for me. I

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