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The quality of the produce was fine - it was good - but the basket was always challenging, for lack of a better word. It was unusual to get kitchen staples like lettuce, tomatoes, and onions. We chose the items one at a time in turn (there were three of us) and anything like that went first. Then we'd be stuck with things like purple potatoes, weird beans, and other things that didn't lend themselves to cooking easy meals after work. Last to go every week was what we referred to as the "bag o weeds". If there was something tempting like basil, we practically fought over it.

My point is that low income seniors (or anyone with food challenges) will end up getting stuck with a bunch of stuff they can't, or won't want to, use. A lot of this will rot on the shelves. Farmers will stick in all the low sellers, like they did in our CSA basket. It felt like a scam.

This is not Trump's first go round trying to dictate what food people should buy when using assistance. Remember when he said no steak on food stamps?