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Agricultural and Resource Economics

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University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

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2020

Local-Food Systems

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Evaluation Of The Arkansas Double Up Food Bucks Program, Colton G. Henderson May 2020

Evaluation Of The Arkansas Double Up Food Bucks Program, Colton G. Henderson

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Fruit and vegetable consumption is particularly low in Arkansas with only a small percentage of residents meeting daily recommendations. Arkansas also has one of the highest percentages of food insecurity and obesity in the United States. Low-income households, such as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients, are at a higher risk of these issues. Financial assistance programs have been implemented to help in aiding these problems. The Double Up Food Bucks program (DUFB) is one of these programs. DUFB provides matching financial vouchers for SNAP benefits recipients spend on fresh local produce at participating grocery stores and farmers’ markets. The …