UC Cooperative Extension explores a farm-to-WIC program

UC Cooperative Extension explores a farm-to-WIC program

To increase fruit and vegetable consumption, the federal Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) distributes cash vouchers to low-income women with children to buy fruits and vegetables. The program reaches almost half of the infants and one-quarter of children u...

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Main Authors: Lucia Kaiser, Cathi Lamp, Chutima Ganthavorn, Lucrecia Farfan-Ramirez, Tammy McMurdo, Marita Cantwell, Shermain Hardesty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources 2012-01-01
Series:California Agriculture
Online Access:http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v066n01p15
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spelling doaj-85efccf1621d4e3db32953e5765aea632020-11-24T23:41:31ZengUniversity of California Agriculture and Natural ResourcesCalifornia Agriculture0008-08452160-80912012-01-01661151910.3733/ca.v066n01p1510.3733/cav066n01_4UC Cooperative Extension explores a farm-to-WIC programLucia Kaiser0Cathi Lamp1Chutima Ganthavorn2Lucrecia Farfan-Ramirez3Tammy McMurdo4Marita Cantwell5Shermain Hardesty6L.L. Kaiser is Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Nutrition, UC DavisC. Lamp is Nutrition, Family and Consumer Sciences (NFCS) Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE), Tulare CountyC. Ganthavorn is NFCS Advisor, UCCE Riverside CountyL. Farfan-Ramirez is County Director, UCCE Alameda CountyT. McMurdo is Program Representative, California Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program, DavisM. Cantwell is Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Plant Sciences, UC DavisS. Hardesty is Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Davis.To increase fruit and vegetable consumption, the federal Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) distributes cash vouchers to low-income women with children to buy fruits and vegetables. The program reaches almost half of the infants and one-quarter of children under 5 years old in the United States. UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) conducted a survey of produce preferences and buying habits among WIC participants in Tulare, Alameda and Riverside counties in 2010 to guide the development of a farm-to-WIC program that would connect small local growers to the WIC market. Based on the results, the UCCE team developed a list of 19 produce items to promote in a possible new farm-to-WIC program.http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v066n01p15
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UC Cooperative Extension explores a farm-to-WIC program
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description To increase fruit and vegetable consumption, the federal Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) distributes cash vouchers to low-income women with children to buy fruits and vegetables. The program reaches almost half of the infants and one-quarter of children under 5 years old in the United States. UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) conducted a survey of produce preferences and buying habits among WIC participants in Tulare, Alameda and Riverside counties in 2010 to guide the development of a farm-to-WIC program that would connect small local growers to the WIC market. Based on the results, the UCCE team developed a list of 19 produce items to promote in a possible new farm-to-WIC program.
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