SNAP

IDFA Applauds SNAP Dairy Nutrition Incentives Program Included in Senate Republicans’ Farm Bill Framework and Other IDFA Priorities

June 19, 2024 The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA)

The Dairy Nutrition Incentive Program Act currently has 8 bipartisan co-sponsors in the Senate and 15 bipartisan cosponsors in the House. The program would expand the HFMI projects—a 2018 Farm Bill program currently testing best practices for incentivizing milk purchases among SNAP beneficiaries in 19 states—to include a wide variety of nutritious milk and dairy products.  …

Flashfood Releases 2023 Impact Report: The Future of Food is Waste

June 11, 2024 Flashfood

Flashfood released its second annual Impact Report: The Future of Food is Waste at the ReFED 2024 Food Waste Solutions Summit. The report features interviews with a variety of expert industry voices, a case study on SNAP EBT usage on Flashfood and a deep dive on how food waste relates to nutrition and produce consumption in the US. …

USDA Farmers Market Opens for 27th Market Season

June 6, 2024 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

The USDA Farmers Market also promotes the consumption of healthy fresh produce and other vegetable products through its unique educational program, VegU. The education program uses short educational sessions and live recipe demonstrations to show how to incorporate a variety of fruits and vegetables into meals. The Farmers Market welcomes participants of USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and accepts SNAP/EBT payments. …

‘Add Milk!’ Program Launches in Mother’s Nutritional Center Stores Across Southern California

May 30, 2024 The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA)

A nutrition incentive program that helps low-income families purchase healthy fluid milk products is expanding to California. The Add Milk! program is being launched in grocery stores to provide a dollar-for-dollar match for participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, when they purchase low-fat or non-fat milk. A community event held at Mother’s Nutritional Center in San Bernardino, Calif., marked the launch of the HFMI project, Add Milk!, at 78 participating Mother’s Nutritional Center grocery stores across Southern California. Representative Pete Aguilar (CA-33) was in attendance. …

Independent Grocer Testifies Before Congress on Protecting SNAP Choice

May 28, 2024 National Grocers Association (NGA)

Michael Gay, owner and single-store operator of Food Fresh in rural Evans County, Ga., testified before Congress, warning that limiting SNAP choice would undermine the program’s effectiveness, create confusion for participants, and impose a costly bureaucratic burden on small businesses nationwide. …