RICHMOND, Va. — Every Friday in November, hundreds of Richmond Public School (RPS) families have shopped for food at the free RPS Love Market at Clark Springs Elementary.
The farmers-market-style shop was set up with help from Feed More and local vendors in direct response to the government shutdown.
“We heard the cry for the SNAP benefits and the problems associated with the federal government at that time, so we stepped up and we heard them,” said Jasen Cooper, RPS associate director of culture and climate…