Feds to Spend $25 Million to Entice Food Stamp Recipients to Eat More Fruits, Vegetables

Feds to Spend $25 Million to Entice Food Stamp Recipients to Eat More Fruits, Vegetables
Fruits are sold at a supermarket in New York on Dec. 14, 2022. Yuki Iwamura/AFP via Getty Images
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service will invest $25 million into three states to encourage people on food assistance to buy more fruits and vegetables.

The incentive pilot program would encourage people receiving what used to be called food stamps the ability to buy “healthy foods by providing a coupon, discount, gift card, bonus food items, or extra funds when they buy specific foods, such as fruits and vegetables.”

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