Market Farming

["swyckoff AT hughes.net" <swyckoff AT hughes.net>]

We have accepted the WIC coupons for several years.  One of the markets 
is in a military area and many of the young Moms are soldiers wives.  
There are also many young families who make just minimum wage.  We do 
have customers who have an attitude with the "welfare" but not allot 
more to say when I point out that our soldiers qualify.  I do see some 
of the people in the fall for apples and squash.  Some of my most 
regular customers are the parents who provide transportation and then 
develop a market habit.  We have just started the Senior program and 
they seem much more time consuming than the WIC people.  Some of these 
people never have fruit in their diet.  I don't think that the majority 
of us who raise some of our own food and have nearly unlimited access to 
fresh food have any concept of the choices some people have to make. 
Sue
AZ