On Sunday, November 29, The New York Times reported:
MARTINSVILLE, Ohio — With food stamp use at record highs and climbing every month, a program once scorned as a failed welfare scheme now helps feed one in eight Americans and one in four children.
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Increases in food stamp use by counties in Western Massachusetts between 2007 and 2009 are as follows: Hampden up 31%; Hampshire 41%, Franklin 42%, Berkshire 39%. See the Times’ interactive map below for more detail.
Interactive Map
