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Making healthy choices with our food can be expensive sometimes, but there are programs out there to make it just a little easier. Joining me today is LaCee Jimenez with USU Extension’s Create Better Health Program to talk about how SNAP education programs can help people.
Kailey Foster- One of the areas that snap education looks at is where people can use these benefits. So, tell me where can people use SNAP benefits for local produce?
LaCee Jimenez- There are a few options for people who receive SNAP benefits to help them access local produce. There are some grocery stores throughout the state that do sell locally grown produce and accept SNAP customers. They can use a USDA map called the SNAP Retail Locator, and they can locate different stores that maybe they already shop at, and some do provide locally grown produce.
Credit Utah State University Extension
Utah farmers will distribute food to those in need Wednesday. The Farmers Feeding Utah program will provide food to residents in Layton, Orem, Oakley, Panguitch, Richfield, Grantsville, and Duchesne.
As many as 25 farmers formed the program a year ago when Utah State University Extension partnered with the Utah Farm Bureau and the Miracle of Agriculture Foundation to serve farmers by supporting agriculture and to help people in need by providing food and nutrition.
USU Extension s Heidi LeBlanc said the need for food assistance in Utah increased by 300% during the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, many Utah farmers needed to distribute their commodities. More than one million pounds of food have been shared with 21,000 families since the program began.
Farmers Feeding Utah Food Distribution Blitz Held in Seven Locations
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