Shoppers who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program may find it harder to use their benefits to purchase fresh fruit and vegetables at farmers markets like this one in Minneapolis, Minn., while the goverment changes contractors. Ariana Lindquist/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Brian Kleinsasser, left, who works in the hog barn at Cool Spring Colony, helps Jake Waldner set up the Hutterite table during a Long Table dinner event at The Resort at Paws Up. Stuart Thurlkill/via Paws Up hide caption
A customer shops for produce at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market on March 27th, 2014 in San Francisco. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
These wooden tokens are handed out to shoppers who use SNAP benefits to purchase fresh produce at the Crossroads Farmers Market near Takoma Park, Md. Customers receive tokens worth twice the amount of money withdrawn from their SNAP benefits card — in other words, they get "double bucks." Dan Charles/NPR hide caption
A customer shops for produce at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market in San Francisco in March. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
More young people are trying their hand at farming, and consumers are buying more local produce. Dan Charles/NPR hide caption
Food bank client Jamie Senik takes a break near her garden plot sponsored by the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona. She grows food for herself and her diabetic mother. Pam Fessler/NPR hide caption