We all hear the recommendations on healthier eating and the advice we get from experts on health. But eating healthy is not as easy as simply following everything we hear from doctors and nutritionists. Sometimes, access to healthier food choices is limited by one’s neighborhood. Other times, the food choices for fresher and more nutritious items are simply not financially attainable. And in yet other cases, the barriers to healthier food choices can be something as simple as knowing where to look in your local store.
That’s where the Food and Nutrition Service of the USDA comes in — trying to improve the availability of healthier items for those we serve, without sacrificing taste. FNS is the federal agency in charge of running the SNAP program. And there’s no reason why SNAP recipients have to bear an inferior supply of healthy foods.
FNS continues expanding its information to Spanish-speaking individuals benefiting from our public assistance programs. In addition to our What’s Cooking website that contains hundreds of Spanish recipes for healthy and budget conscious dishes, we recently published a new Healthy Corner Store Guide. The same document is available in English.
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