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Top 10 Reasons to Eat MORE Fruits & Vegetables
Why eat MORE fruits and veggies?
WIC and EBT
What is the WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program?
The WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) is associated with the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, popularly known as WIC. The WIC Program provides supplemental foods, health care referrals and nutrition education at no cost to low-income pregnant, breastfeeding and non-breastfeeding post-partum women, and to infants and children up to 5 years of age, who are found to be at nutritional risk. The FMNP was established by Congress in 1992, to provide fresh, unprepared, locally grown fruits and vegetables to WIC participants, and to expand the awareness, use of and sales at farmers’ markets. For more info, please visit the state website at http://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/FMNP/FMNPfaqs.htm.
Fresh Produce: One of the great things about Fresno
This is a reprint from a Vida en el Valle Blog by Rebecca Plevin. see - http://blogs.vidaenelvalle.com/blog/2009/05/15/one-of-the-greatest-things-about-fresno/
Earlier this week, I blogged about a new farmers market in downtown Fresno. I took my own advice this afternoon and visited the market – and what great advice it was!
I spent my lunch money on a carton of fresh, locally grown strawberries, a heaping carton of fresh cherries, and a half-quart of blueberries, picked yesterday in Caruthers. (I was told that the blueberries would be fresh for a week if stored in the refrigerator. They are so delicious that I don’t think I’ll find out how long they last – I’m going to devour them too quickly!)