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I am in the group of people that fall into the underserved gap. I am a full-time student and my husband was laid-off from his engineering job a couple of months ago. We have three sons yet we still do not qualify for assistance with food stamps. Luckily I know how to cook from scratch so we get by since it's cheaper to purchase "whole foods" like rice and beans. We are also growing our own vegetables over the summer. We definately don't shop at the big chain stores, instead we shop at produce/discount stores that are family-operated so that we are also supporting other families in our community.

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