Healthy Meals Incentives | Food and Nutrition Service

Amanda Gerla

USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) has established the Healthy Meals Incentives Initiative to improve the nutritional quality of school meals through food systems transformation, school food authority recognition and technical assistance, the generation and sharing of innovative ideas and tested practices, and grants. Key Activities Healthy Meals Incentives Recognition […]

Ahead of Hunger Conference, Pingree Urges White House to Advance ‘Food is Medicine’ Proposals

Amanda Gerla

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) is urging the Biden Administration to incorporate “food is medicine” proposals into the White House’s platform for the upcoming Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. Pingree, along with Reps. Kim Schrier and Derek Kilmer, detailed the important role that Food is Medicine interventions play in addressing hunger and improving nutrition and health.  “Poor diets are […]