Newsmaker Q&A: SNAP challenge not just hunger games

Last month, state Sen. John Kefalas, D-Fort Collins, and his wife, Beth Kefalas, took the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program challenge, in which they fed themselves for five days on $4.50 – the average allowance for SNAP, the electronic benefits transfer program formerly known as food stamps. As chairman of Colorado’s interim Economic Opportunity Reduction Task Force, the senator’s endeavor was a way to focus on the quality of life of those living in poverty by personally experiencing one of the challenges they face daily.

We caught up with him to ask what the experience was like.

Question: What inspired you both to…