'If you eat, you qualify': Food ministry eases economic pinch, stimulates volunteerism

Friday, October 24, 2008 | 12:00 p.m. CDT

COLUMBIA — The parking lot was filled with cars and the occasional small knot of friends catching up in the Saturday morning sunshine. Inside the building, a diverse group of shoppers made their way along a predetermined path, picking up their food for the week, an errand many people run every Saturday morning.

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