Hundreds of “food insecure” Nevada County families are benefitting from a one-time event designed to improve the availability of fresh produce. The debut of a new program, sponsored statewide by the Raley’s supermarket chain, called “Food for Families”, is took place at Interfaith Food Ministry in Grass Valley Friday morning. IFM Exective Director, Sue Van Son, says the store is hosting a Farmer’s Market for roughly 200 of their client families. Each family will receive a reusable bag and will select from a variety of items, including broccoli, cucumbers, bell peppers, and oranges…

click to listen to Sue Van Son

Raley’s says 23% of the “food insecure” in Nevada County are children and families are far less likely to eat a nutritionally complete diet. Van Son says food stamps are usually not enough and hunger also affects job choices…

click to listen to Sue Van Son

The one-time event was not open to the public.