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Locally owned Farm Fresh Market in south Kansas City's Red Bridge Shopping Center is seeing and feeling the impacts of the pause in funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that began Nov. 1 amid the government shutdown.

In fact, the store and its partners El Mercado Fresco and World Fresh Market will hand out 500 free grocery bags to families in need on Sunday. Ten locations across the three partners locations will hand out 50 bags to 50 families each.

It's the first time in the history of the federal SNAP program that a government shutdown has caused recipients to not receive their benefits on time, according to Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer.

Grocery stores and restaurants across the area have stepped up to help familie

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