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OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Parents and chefs often reach for ranch dressing or dips to help kids eat more vegetables. Now the makers of Hidden Valley(®) Original Ranch(® )dressings & dips are reaching out to parents and chefs across the country to join them as partners in supporting efforts to encourage healthy eating, including increased vegetable consumption, for kids and families through the Lunch Break for Kids fundraiser. Joining as the official...
Dorsey's Locker, a family-owned soul food restaurant in Oakland, CA, is pleased to announce their leadership in Alameda County's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) serving the area's elderly in need. Oakland, CA (PRWEB) July 23, 2012 Dorsey's Locker, a family-owned Oakland soul food restaurant, is pleased to announce a new addition to their 70-year legacy of service in the community. This year, the eatery has been selected to serve as the pilot restaurant in...
Farmers Market Nutrition Program Provides $20 in Vouchers for Fresh Produce LANCASTER, Pa., June 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Low-income older adults and Women, Infant and Children (WIC) program participants can now use vouchers to purchase fresh, local produce at farmers markets and farm stands across Pennsylvania. Agriculture Secretary George Greig, Aging Secretary Brian Duke and Health Secretary Dr. Eli Avila today joined U.S. Department of Agriculture Undersecretary...
WASHINGTON, May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dr. Carol Olander, former Director of SNAP Research and Analysis at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service and former White House spokesman Robert Weiner were moved to action after recent attacks on the SNAP program by House Budget Chair Paul Ryan and presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich. The piece, published in the Michigan Chronicle today, named "best black paper in the country" six times in...
Policy change could potentially increase SNAP sales at farmers' markets, according to new study in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Record numbers of Americans are receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, as food stamps are now known, and many SNAP participants live in neighborhoods with little or no access to healthy food. A study conducted at the Clark Park Farmers' Market, in Philadelphia, PA, has found that making it easier for vendors...
WOODBURY, N.Y., March 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The got breakfast? Foundation recently completed its 2012 survey of food service directors to assess current trends in School Breakfast Programs. One key finding: Breakfast sites have expanded beyond the cafeteria to alternate sites with the biggest gains reported in kiosk locations and breakfast in the classroom. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20091006/CG88097LOGO ) "This week is National School Breakfast Week and...
PHILADELPHIA, March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC), students who eat breakfast at school perform better on tests, have increased participation and attendance records and are less likely to be overweight than those who skip breakfast or eat at home(1). ARAMARK, a leading provider of food and nutrition services to more than 3,000 K-12 schools across the nation, reports that nearly 400,000 more students are eating breakfast at school...
CHICAGO, Jan. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly the American Dietetic Association) strongly supports the new U.S. Department of Agriculture regulations for meal patterns in schools announced today by First Lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. "Given the realities of federal, state and local budgets, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is committed to leading the creative collaborations that will be...
HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Health today received an $822,739 federal bonus for improving breastfeeding rates among mothers enrolled in Pennsylvania's Women, Infants and Children, or WIC, program. Breastfeeding is known to provide lasting health benefits to babies. "Breastfeeding rates in the Pennsylvania WIC Program have risen from 29 percent in 1995 to 50 percent in 2011," said Dr. Eli Avila, Secretary of Health, during a visit today...
DALLAS, Nov. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson hosted the Texas No Kid Hungry® Dallas Summit this morning, bringing together local and national child hunger thought leaders, in addition to key stakeholders in Dallas and surrounding communities. Texas currently ranks fifth highest for child food insecurity, meaning 1.8 million children don't know where their next meal will come from and have gone hungry at some point in the last year. In Dallas County alone,...
