In this week’s Lean Plate Club column, Washington Post health and nutrition writer Sally Squires proves that it’s possible to eat healthily on a $21/week food stamp grocery budget, even though Congress couldn’t quite pull it off. Here are the highlights from “How Far Can Your Dollar Stretch?“:
Food stamp benefits, which go to 26 million low-income Americans annually, are given out monthly, not weekly, allowing recipients to buy in bulk. That average $21 per person per week becomes about $90 for the full month. A family of four can receive a maximum of $518 per month — or about $120 …read more