Governor Katie Hobbs announced a new plan on Wednesday to help Arizonans who rely on SNAP benefits access fresh, local produce. The money provides a $30 voucher for SNAP recipients to use at participating farmers markets across the state.

ORO House, who sells produce from their farm at the Santa Cruz River Farmers Market every Thursday, said theyre already working to help their customers.

For Adia and Ernesto Olguin, the owners of ORO House, the change could have major consequences. Up to eighty percent of their customers, they said, use SNAP to buy their produce from their farm.

It may make it harder for some of the vendors to keep coming because some of them come from further away, the Olguins said. Its going to severely impact our income, which is going to severely impact our ability

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