Listen 0:42 Popular food assistance program that offers extra money for fruits and veggies returns A program that gives CalFresh recipients an extra $60 a month to spend on fresh produce at participating stores and farmers markets is restarting thanks to renewed state funding.

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The backstory: The CalFresh Fruit and Vegetable EBT Pilot Project was most recently funded at $10 million, but that was only enough to run the program for about three months.

How it works: When CalFresh recipients spend money on fresh fruits and vegetables at participating locations, their EBT cards are immediately rebated the amount they spend, up to $60 a month.

Funding boost: Thanks to a boost of $36 million in state funding, program organizers are hopeful it will last about 10 months. Th

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