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In response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s WIC Food Package Interim Rule, the Farmers Market Coalition, the Farmers Market Coalition Policy Committee to the USDA Food and Nutrition Service, recommending changes specific to the new WIC Cash Value Voucher (CVV). The letter contains five main points:
1. State WIC agencies should be required to allow fruit/vegetable cash value vouchers (CVVs) at farmers markets and provide resources for WIC agencies to partner with farmers market organizations to educate farmers and market managers about this program.
2. State agencies should be required and given the capacity to collect and report data on CVV redemption.
3. WIC regulations should be modified to allow farmers markets to modify CVV redemption procedures to match those for the Farmers Market Nutrition Program vouchers.
4. State agencies should be required to allow split tender, so WIC families can pay for part of their fruit/vegetable purchases with cash if necessary—currently, the regulations of 12 state WIC agencies stipulate that items exceeding the value of vouchers must be put back on the shelf, thereby prohibiting WIC families from maximizing the benefit of their vouchers.
5. The cash value of the fruit/vegetable voucher for WIC children should be raised from $6 to $8 a month, as originally recommended by the Institute of Medicine.
To read the full story and learn how you can submit comments before the February 1st deadline, visit http://farmersmarketcoalition.org/wic...
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Updated: The cause has reached 250 members.
Read and take action: Share FMC's position paper with your congressperson! http://www.farmersmarketcoalition.org...
NRDC Announces Growing Green Awards to recognize extraordinary contributions that advance ecologically integrated farming practices, climate stewardship, water stewardship, farmland preservation, and social responsibility from farm to fork.
A Growing Green Award will be given to an outstanding individual in each of four categories, including Food Producer, Business Leader, Thought Leader, and Water Steward.
http://www.nrdc.org/health/growinggre...
