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A parasite that causes severe diarrhea has sickened more than a thousand people in Kansas and Missouri. Federal officials are still investigating the cause of the outbreak, but it’s making some people scrutinize where their produce comes from.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s infectious disease portal showed a jump in cyclosporiasis, the intestinal disease caused by cyclospora organisms, from 22 infections last week to 55.

The Double Up Food Bucks program can cut produce costs in half, up to a $60 total value, for SNAP recipients at participating grocery vendors and farmers markets.

A group of about a dozen farmers from across North and South America have filed a federal class action complaint against the Fortune 500 logistics...