If you’d like to learn more about how you can sign up and use the Farmers Market Nutrition Program, please visit:
https://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/CFH/DWICSN/Pages/FarmersMarkets.aspx
To find a list of Farmers Markets near your zip code or city, please visit:
https://myfamily.wic.ca.gov/Home/WICFarmersMarkets#WICFarmersMarkets
Useful Links:
Dietary Guidelines
- https://www.nutrition.gov/
- https://www.myplate.gov/
- https://www.dietaryguidelines.gov/resources
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK469839/
- https://www.ift.org/news-and-publications/blog/2021/new-us-dietary-guidelines
- http://www.glencoe.com/sites/north_dakota/teacher/familyconsumer/assets/diet_guide_myplate.html
- https://www.cdc.gov/nutrition/infantandtoddlernutrition/mealtime/signs-your-child-is-hungry-or-full.html
Cooking Education
1. Parent Tips: Getting Kids in the Kitchen – NIH
2. https://www.leahspantry.org/topics/healthy-eating/recipes/
Money Resources
1. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
SNAP provides nutrition benefits to supplement the food budget of needy families so they can purchase healthy food and move towards self-sufficiency.
https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program
2. Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides federal grants to states for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to age five who are found to be at nutritional risk.
3. Welcome to CalFresh Healthy Living
CalFresh Healthy Living (SNAP-Ed) supports healthy, active and nourished lifestyles by teaching Californians about good nutrition and how to stretch their food dollars, while also building partnerships in communities to make the healthy choice, the easy choice.
http://calfresh.dss.ca.gov/healthyliving/home
4. Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Card
The EBT system is used in California for the delivery, redemption, and reconciliation of issued public assistance benefits, such as CalFresh, CalWORKs, and other food and cash aid benefits.