Legislation


Farmer's Market Promotion Program

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) - Food Stamps

Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
  •  Checks in on supported families, keeps track of the child's diet, to stay in the WIC program you must feed your kid healthy foods - same for SNAP



the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs and the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program
  •  "The study finds evidence that children who have a School Breakfast Program (SBP) available consume a better overall diet, consume a lower percentage of calories from fat, are less likely to have a low intake of magnesium, and are less likely to have low serum levels of vitamin C and folate" (Bhattacharya and Currie 2001).
















Bitler, Marianne, and Steven J Haider. An Economic View of Food Deserts in the
     United States. N.p., Mar. 2009. Web. 27 Nov. 2011.
     <https://www.msu.edu>. 


Bhattacharya, Jayanta, Janet Currie, and Steven J Haider. Evaluating Impact of
     School Nutrition Programs. USDA, July 2004. Web. 27 Nov. 2011.
     <http://www.ers.usda.gov/>.