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From YouTube: Aiken This Week - September 27 2017
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Aiken This Week introduces you to Joe Patterson, Manager of the Aiken County Farmers Market, as we discuss the new initiative allowing residents to use SNAP benefits to purchase fresh produce at the Market
A
Welcome
taken
this
week,
I'm
Emory
Langston,
Dayton
County
farmers
market
today
with
Joe
Patterson,
who
it's
our
farmers
market
manager
Joe.
It's
always
such
a
treat.
We
come
down
to
the
farmers
market,
wonderful
produce,
other
ways
that
are
available
and
what
an
asset
is
for
to
be
able
to
access
locally
grown
produce
and
and
other
things,
and
you
have
started
a
program
or
added
a
program
to
the
farmers
market.
That's
want
to
make
this
even
more
accessible
to
the
folks
in
our
community
so
and
that
is
the
Supplemental
Nutrition
Assistance
Program.
You
got
em.
B
Snap
is
a
wonderful
addition
to
the
market,
doc,
it's
a
federal
program
which
is
overseen
by
the
US
Department
of
Agriculture
and
allows
people
who
would
like
to
have
assistance
with
buying
fresh
produce
discounted
tokens.
So
you
get
a
token
when
you
come
here
and
you
can
buy
fruits
and
vegetables
for
three
times
the
mountain
track
and
spending.
B
In
addition,
that
you
get
to
help
debug
the
tokens,
so
the
five
dollars
you
get
to
spend
$15
on
fruits
and
vegetables,
so
it's
a
wonderful
program
and
it
applies
to
all
sorts
of
folks.
Retirees
people
are
still
working
in
others.
You
can
find
out
if
you
qualify
by
going
to
the
Aiken
Department
of
Social
Services,
which
are
Park
Avenue,
perfect.
B
B
People
come
and
enjoy
interacting
with
the
vendors
as
well
as
each
other
and
we'd
look
at
half
hundreds
of
people
who
come
here
on
Saturdays,
Tuesdays
and
Thursdays,
not
as
busy,
but
you
can
still
find
fresh
produce
and
vegetables
and
fruits
at
the
market.
So
come
any
of
those
three
days:
hours
sunrise
to
noon.
B
As
I
mentioned
you
can,
you
can
actually
triple
the
value
that
you
buy
and
the
EBT
card
serves
kind
like
a
debit
card,
and
you
come
to
me
in
the
market,
and
you
tell
me
you
want
to
use
you
BT
card
which
allows
you
to
debit
from
your
food
bank.
Food
stamps
account
X
dollars
and
for
the
first
five
dollars
that
you
spend
offering
an
apt
card
just
swipe
it
like
a
credit
card,
then
you
get
2
additional
tokens
from
the
healthy
bucks.
B
B
A
good
question
glad
you
asked
that
there
are
items
that
we
sell
in
the
market.
Any
of
the
craft
items
do
not
qualify
baked
goods
would
not
qualify
for
the
healthy
box.
If
you
qualify
for
the
EBT
food
snap
tokens,
you
cannot
buy
soaps
or
perfumes
or
candles,
for
instance,
with
either
those
tokens,
so
the
snap
tokens
and
healthy
but
tokens
or
for
only
food
items.
Okay
and
the
healthy
buck
tokens
can
only
be
used
for
fresh
vegetables
and
for
us,
okay,.
A
B
They're
both
very
similar,
they
allow
people
who
qualify
for
those
programs
to
buy
fruits
and
vegetables
at
a
at
a
very
reasonable
price,
and
the
difference
is
that
the
voucher
programs
are
actual
paper
certificates
that
you
give
to
a
vendor
when
buying
the
fruits
vegetables.
The
difference
is
that
the
vendors
have
to
be
certified
to
honor
that
program.
They're.
B
Then
they
can't
cash
in
the
five
dollar.
Voucher
closes
with
the
SNAP
program
and
healthy
bucks
program.
All
the
vendors
can
take
those,
and
then
the
vendor
gets
his
money
or
her
money
back
at
the
end
of
the
day.
By
coming
to
me
and
we
give
them
reimbursement
and
then
the
state
reimburses
the
farmers
you.
B
B
B
The
best
time
I
think
on
any
of
those
three
days
is
probably
around
9:30
or
10:00
in
the
morning
and
the
reason
I
say
that
is
that
it
pays
up
and
running,
and
you
know
what
will
come
in
two
or
like
us.
People
are
still
setting
up,
but
we
have
vendors
here
as
early
at
six
o'clock
in
the
morning
particular
on
Saturdays.
You
don't
want
to
come
too
late,
because
if
you
do,
some
vendors
will
have
sold
out.
Is
there
their
product?
B
A
B
We're
really
excited
about
having
our
all
festival,
farm
farm
Festival
on
October
21,
which
is
a
Saturday
and
will
have
music,
will
have
the
clips
and
extensions
8hs
involved.
4-H
is
planning
to
be
here:
selling
pumpkins
and
we'll
have
more
crafts,
people
whom
we
normally
have
hopefully
have
more
farmers
here
as
well.
So
a
very
exciting
day,
I
mention
music,
we'll
have
music
here,
he'll.
A
B
The
other
two
special
events
are
our
Christmas
crafts,
which
really
extends
the
market,
because
normally
we
focus
on
farm
produce
and
we'll
have
a
few
craftspeople
here.
We
don't
want
to
have
more
than
a
third
of
the
market
being
craftspeople,
but
crafts
add
variety
and
interest
in
fun,
but
on
our
Christmas
crafts
will
extend
that
and
we
should
have
a
lot
of
crafts
folks,
we
may
even
be
using
the
grassy
areas
outside
of
the
shed
itself,
which
is
normally
where
we
have
all
activities
that
we're
excited
about
all
that.
Yes,.
A
They
just
a
festive
time
such
a
fun
time
with
the
music
and
additions
of
other
other
items
and
crafts
that
won't
be
here.
So
we
have
everybody
we'll
take
advantage
of
those
opportunities
come
to
the
farmers
market,
any
time
Joe.
What
a
great
program,
it's
so
great
to
know
that
this
is
accessible
to
to
our
community,
but
even
more
accessible
with
this
great
program
that
y'all
have
it.
The.