We conducted a national study to find out how shoppers with limited resources use dollar stores, their perceptions of dollar stores, and identify opportunities for dollar stores to improve the health of their customers and communities. A full report of this study and its findings is forthcoming.
This white paper suggests approaches to enhancing equity in GusNIP, including increasing program funding to expand SNAP participant access. We include recommendations for the 2023 Farm Bill and recommendations for USDA administrative actions.
Testing additional strategies through demonstration projects and establishing nutrition security measurements could furtherstrengthen the nutritional and broader public health impacts of SNAP.
Despite evidence that GusNIP incentives improve fruit and vegetable intake, funding remains insufficient for nationwide scaling and many organizations face challenges to receive funding which limits the program’s reach.
On September 12, 2022, President Biden issued an “Executive Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy.” While much of the Executive Order stresses health, medicine, energy and biological data, there are specific sections that apply to agriculture and food.
The Conference is an opportunity to address the unique challenges that CNMI faces in obtaining affordable, nutritious diets and a healthy retail environment.
We're following the latest policy updates that affect equitable access to nutritious food for millions of children, adults, seniors, and people with disabilities who participate in SNAP and utilize the charitable food system.
The Rhode Island Public Assistance Act (H7490) invests $11.5 million towards a retail SNAP incentives pilot program, providing critical nutrition access to over 138,000 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients in the state.
This Conference is an opportunity to address hunger, food system inequities, chronic disease, and health together, and to modernize and enhance our food system. It is a chance to build our food environment into one that ensures access to a healthy diet for all residents of the United States.
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