Michael Hannigan, a student at Greenfield Community College, has been spending his free time over the past few weeks harvesting excess produce from farms, including potatoes, baby kale, arugula and other vegetables in preparation for a free food market for students on Thursday.

This isn’t the first market he’s held, but it is more crucial than ever as funds for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are likely to dry up on November 1. The federal program provides benefits to low-income households to help buy groceries.

The mission of providing students with free produce is personal to Hannigan, who relies on SNAP after quitting his job to attend Greenfield Community College full-time at the age of 42.

“My main income is work study, which is minimum wage. Without SNAP benef

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