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            Massachusetts’ Flexible Services Program: Improving Food and Nutrition Security Improves Health
      Project Bread, a Massachusetts nonprofit focused on permanently solving food insecurity, teamed up with MassHealth to pilot the Flexible Services Program, to bolster food security and meet nutritional needs from birth throughout childhood and beyond, improving health outcomes at every stage of life. Since April 2020, over 7,000 MassHealth members with complex health issues were given an array of food resources.
      03/08/2023
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            Liberation Farms - Food Justice in Action
      Liberation Farms allows families to grow food for themselves. In 2020, support from community partners helped move farm operations onto a single property with room for everyone – and a herd of goats, too!
      09/22/2022
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            Nutritionists: The Link to Nutrition Security
      WIC’s food package helps to supplement a household’s food budget, increasing participants’ food resources and helping to tackle food and nutrition insecurity. Nutrition educators are a critical ingredient to helping the USDA promote and elevate nutrition security.
      09/07/2022
    Welcoming Dad to the WIC Family
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            Welcoming Dad to the WIC Family
      When enrolling moms into the USDA WIC, less than 30% of state agencies in Connecticut were asking for the fathers name. We don't encourage dads to step up and then we wonder why they don't show up.
      06/09/2022
    Farms and Schools – A Critical Link for a Healthy Future
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            Farms and Schools – A Critical Link for a Healthy Future
      One of my fondest childhood memories was helping my grandma tend to the fresh fruits and vegetables in her garden. After a morning’s work outside in the sunshine, the fresh-picked corn was a feast for the taste buds and a sweet reward for our hard work. Working alongside my grandma taught me many important lessons – notably, that food on the table across the nation is a result of the dedication and effort of America’s farmers.
      10/30/2019
    Seven Ways Farm to School Can Make You ‘Cool’
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            Seven Ways Farm to School Can Make You ‘Cool’
      As we celebrate Farm to School Month this October, we can all feel the temperatures cooling down with the fall season. Here are seven ways USDA’s Farm to School Program can make your school and community ‘cooler’ throughout the year!
      10/03/2019
    USDA Kicks Off Summer Meals
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            Across Country, USDA Kicks Off Summer Meals
      The school year is out and summer meals are in! Around the country, places like schools, recreation centers, parks, churches, and libraries are serving free, nutritious summer meals to kids up to 18 years old through USDA’s Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). SFSP was designed to help low-income students during the summer months who aren’t receiving free or reduced-price school meals to continue to have access to meals and snacks.
      05/26/2019
    FNS’ Role in Disaster Response
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            FNS’ Role in Disaster Response
      Ensuring access to nutritious food is critically important when emergencies and disasters happen. Food and Nutrition Service is prepared to work with states and with other federal agencies to support both immediate response and longer-term recovery efforts.
      05/10/2019Page updated: February 25, 2021 Return to top

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