The Latest | Fruit And Vegetable Incentives

Table filled with an assortment of fresh fruits and vegetables.

Can a 'prescription' for free fruits and vegetables improve health? Study after study say yes.

NBC News

01 May 2024

Farmers market table with several baskets of fresh tomatoes in the foreground and two vendors unloading more produce in the background.

In The Media

Opinion | Farm bill imagines a sustainable, equitable, healthy food system

Bridge Michigan

23 Apr 2024

Image of hands holding a head of romaine lettuce in a grocery produce section.

In The Media

CalFresh program aims to help low income residents with food access

Fox 40 – Sacramento

12 Apr 2024

Image of person standing in front of a farmers market wearing a rain coat and carrying a tote bag.

In The Media

VA group helps SNAP/EBT users afford fresh foods

Public Service News

12 Apr 2024

In The Media

We know how important nutrition is for health — it’s time to fortify the Farm Bill

The Hill

18 Mar 2024

News

DC Central Kitchen Healthy Corners: Urban Food Access

Food Tank

01 Mar 2024

Produce section in Harvest Market, an independent grocery store in Fort Bragg, California.

News

How to be the ‘heart of the community’

Supermarket News

12 Feb 2024

Elderly grocery shoppers selecting fresh fruits and vegetables in the produce section of HyVee, a grocery store in Sioux City, Iowa that participates in Double Up Food Bucks.

In The Media

Double Up Food Bucks helping EBT users buy more produce

SIOUX CITY – KTIV

22 Jan 2024

Shopper in the produce section of a grocery store picking out fresh broccoli.

News

To get fresh vegetables to people who need them, one city puts its soda tax to work

NPR

18 Jan 2024

Closeup of person holding shopping basket, filling it with fresh carrots and lettuce.

News

‘Food as Medicine’ Concept Starts to Catch On: What to Know

WebMD

21 Dec 2023

Critical food program to stop at end of the month; how it's affecting those in need

CBS 58 News

01 Dec 2023

News

Double Up Food Bucks helps Detroit senior access fresh food

Planet Detroit

13 Nov 2023

News

Legislature Should Permanently Fund DA BUX Program

Honolulu Civil Beat

01 Nov 2023

Press Release

New GusNIP Improvement Act Will Boost Nationwide Access to Nutrition Incentives

04 Oct 2023

News

The Active Leadership Ingredients That Turn Food Into Medicine

Forbes

01 Oct 2023

News

Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance Endorses Legislation Addressing Research, Nutrition, and Trade

AndNowUKnow

21 Sep 2023

News

Nutrition Program Would Expand Access to Healthy Foods in Rural Arkansas

Public News Service

06 Sep 2023

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CSPI supports bill to strengthen SNAP fruit and vegetable incentives

Center for Science in the Public Interest

05 Sep 2023

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GusNIP supporters want key changes in next farm bill

Agri-Pulse

30 Aug 2023

News

Fruit and vegetable ‘prescriptions’ may lead to better heart health

29 Aug 2023

News

Letter: Federal program for locally sourced food deserves expansion

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

19 Aug 2023

News

GusNIP Efforts Impacting Rural Communities – and Economies

USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture

16 Aug 2023

News

America has a hunger problem. The farm bill can help

The Hill

14 Aug 2023

Senator John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania), center, chairs a Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry subcommittee hearing to examine the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and other nutrition assistance programs in the Farm Bill. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

In The Media

This Farm Bill Could Reshape the Food System. Here Are 10 Proposals at the Center of the Fight.

Civil Eats

10 Aug 2023

News

I Went Hungry in College Because Nobody Told Me About SNAP

Newsweek

01 Aug 2023

A young family shopping at a grocery store with a young girl selecting a red pepper from the produce shelf.

Press Release

New Bipartisan Bill Will Increase Nationwide Access to Nutrition Incentives

25 Jul 2023

News

With food prices up, more Ohio farmers markets accept SNAP benefits

WOSU

25 Jul 2023

Press Release

CSPI urges Congress to support fruit and vegetable benefits for people with low incomes in the 2023 Farm Bill

Center for Science in the Public Interest

25 Jul 2023

News

Majority of voters want SNAP increased, not cut: poll

The Hill

17 Jul 2023

News

Why the U.S. can’t solve hunger

CNBC

16 Jul 2023

The hands of two women passing a bunch of beets between each-other at a farmers market.

Press Release

More than 600 Leading Organizations Urge Congress to Strengthen and Expand Successful Nutrition Incentives, Produce Prescriptions in the Upcoming Farm Bill

13 Jul 2023

News

Are Lawmakers Seeking Healthy Limits on Junk Food or Acting as Food Police?

The Wall Street Journal

20 Jun 2023

A person extending a tray of fresh radishes, corn, beets and peppers.

News

The Farm Bill Can Both Feed and Heal the Nation

Boston Globe

05 Jun 2023

A basket of fresh fruit and vegetables including strawberries, broccoli, carrots and grapes.

News

VeggieRx Program Growing in Size and Impact for 2023

Building Indiana Business

26 May 2023

In The Media

Expanding Double Up Bucks is Essential for Reducing Food Insecurity

The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)

25 May 2023

Story

Win-Win-Win of Nutrition Incentives

Fair Food Network

19 May 2023

A sign featuring a big red tomato in front of a roadside farm stand.

Story

Local Farms and Food Act Strengthens Regional Food Economies Across the US

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

27 Apr 2023

A customer wearing a red backpack, selecting fresh produce from a local market stand.

Story

People Won’t Be Able to Eat Healthier Unless We Make It Possible

Union of Concerned Scientists

18 Apr 2023