National Academy of Sciences Suggests Major Reduction in Servings of Nutrient-Rich Milk Offered in WIC Program From Jim Mulhern, President and CEO of NMPF, and Michael Dykes, D.V.M., President and…
Agri View: Smart Shoppers
…small stores can’t even sell to WIC shoppers. Here’s a shocker. WIC shoppers generally choose the freshest and healthiest food they can buy. Not junk foods and soda pop. Less…
Ag Committee Concludes Two-Year Review of SNAP
…Kansas City, KS Ms. Pamela Hess, Executive Director, Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and Agriculture, Alexandria, VA Ms. Melinda Newport, Director, WIC/Child Nutrition, Department of Health, Chickasaw Nation, Ada, OK…
Progress during National School Lunch Week and Farm to School Month
…the School Breakfast Program; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC); the Summer Food Service Program, and others. Together, these programs comprise America’s…
Farm to School Grants to Increase Local Foods in Schools
…administers 15 nutrition assistance programs that include the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), and…
CA Welcomes Farmers Market Proclamation
…and vegetables through the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program; the Women, Infants and Children’s (WIC) Supplemental Nutrition Program; and the CalFresh program. We are proud and pleased to offer these…
Dairy Industry Applauds School Milk Support
…foods have always been integral to child nutrition programs, from school lunches and breakfasts to Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and other programs…
CDFA Outreach to Seniors
…Public Health’s Women, Infants and Children’s Program (WIC) in certifying farmers and CFMs to accept SFMNP check booklets. Annually CDFA provides seniors check booklets to redeem with 1,000 farmers at…
Benefits of Farmers’ Markets
…and Vegetable Nutrition Database. 9. SNAP and WIC benefits are accepted at some farmers markets.Learn About SNAP Benefits at Farmers Markets and find out which WIC state agencies participate in…
USDA Unveils New ‘Urban Agriculture Toolkit’
…for equipment, working capital or other expenses. Food and Nutrition Service assistance to help urban farmers become authorized to accept SNAP, WIC and Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program benefit cards….
Meals for Kids
…Children (WIC) and with other Child Nutrition Programs. The new standards for meals and snacks served in the CACFP are based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, science-based recommendations made…
NMPF, IDFA Urge Congress to Challenge WHO Proposal
…Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). NMPF and IDFA are part of a coalition that objects to the WHO proposal. Among their efforts, NMPF and IDFA have met with numerous U.S….
Healthier Shopping
…to help participants in the Women, Infants and Children program, or WIC, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP, purchase healthier foods. Much of the grant activities…
50 Years of School Breakfast
…School Lunch Program, Summer Food Service Program, the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Together, these programs comprise America’s nutrition safety net….