NEW ORLEANS —

Families across Louisiana are feeling the strain as uncertainty swirls around SNAP funding.

The impact reaches far beyond the dinner table as local farmers markets, food vendors and nutrition programs are bracing for a major hit. Advertisement

Heather Robertson has been selling at the Crescent City Farmers Market since it opened, providing people with fresh produce.

"Broccoli was a good thing today. Snap beans, eggplants, we have a little bit of corn," said Robertson.

She said, in 30 years, business has been good, but now there's a noticeable change.

"SNAP benefits are, you know, being deplenished because of the government shutdown, so that's affecting some of our sales," said Robertson.

Market Umbrella, which operates the Crescent City Farmers Market accepts SNAP ben

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