THE SALINAS-BASED AGRICULTURE AND LAND-BASED TRAINING ASSOCIATION (KNOWN AS A.L.B.A.) IS HOPING TO GET MORE FOOD-STAMP RECIPIENTS TO SHOP AT FARMER’S MARKETS. TO THAT END THE GROUP HAS STARTED A NEW PROGRAM CALLED THE FUNDamentally FRESH Campaign. AS PART OF THE “FUND FRESH” CAMPAIGN, FOOD-STAMP RECIPIENTS WHO SPEND 10 DOLLARS OR MORE AT CERTAIN FARMER’S MARKETS WILL RECEIVE 5 DOLLARS OF FREE TOKENS TO PURCHASE MORE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES THERE.
THE PARTICIPATING FARMER’S MARKETS ARE IN FELTON, LIVE OAK (IN SANTA CRUZ), WATSONVILLE, HOLLISTER, PACIFIC GROVE, SOLEDAD, GREENFIELD AND KING CITY….AS WELL AS THE FARMER’S MARKET THAT IS HELD AT NATIVIDAD MEDICAL CENTER IN SALINAS.
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Congressman Sam Farr is expected to announce today the Central Coast communities who are slated to receive 5 agricultural grants worth over 750-thousand dollars. The awards, which will be announced in Soledad, will be awarded to several community development and conservation groups.
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Jury deliberations began today in the murder trial of a former San Francisco BART officer Johannes Mehserle, who is accused of fatally shooting an unarmed man last year on an Oakland train platform on New years day. The panel of 7 men and 5 women, who met in court briefly Friday, had been slated to begin their 1st full day of deliberations yesterday, however a juror's illness prevented deliberations. The jury restarted talks today after an alternate juror must be seated since another one of the jurors is leaving on vacation. The case was moved to Los Angeles due to racial tension and extensive media coverage in Alameda County after Mehserle pleaded not guilty in the shooting death of 22-year old Oscar Grant.
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The first bird to have been confirmed as dieing from west nile virus in Monterey county this year was found recently in Salinas. The virus is passed to humans and animals through the bite of a mosquito…..USUALLY after the mosquito picks it up from a bird. West nile virus can cause flu-like symptoms in people. anyone who sees a dead bird (or squirrel) is asked to call the state dead bird hotline at 1-877-968-bird, or go on-line to
www.westnile.ca.gov
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