If you’ve spent a Saturday strolling through farmers markets at The Village Shops, or Tamarack Junction Casino… chances are, you’ve seen Shirley and Pat Sponsler.
The couple runs these two operations in the Biggest Little City, which offer up all kinds of goods, and a unique opportunity for those on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP benefits.
“When you spend $20, you get up to $20 a day in these, which are good for fruits, vegetables, and edible plants… I sell about $120 to $150 a week in snap benefits here…. You can see it in their faces how much they enjoy being able to come here and get such value for investment,” said Pat Sponsler…