Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture to accept electronic food stamps

At the Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture’s production farm, labor that began in January 2010 bears fruit as summer delivers ripe produce. The farm, at corner of Fay St. and Smith St. will make it’s fruits, vegetables, and herbs available to people in a new way by adopting the EBT system, which is similar to food stamps but uses debit cards. Staffed by volunteers, produce is sold at the site on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, between 4 and 8 p.m. President of CCUA’s board of directors Adam Saunders explains the new system.