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Increasing Fruit and Vegetable Consumption

Eat a Variety of Fruits and Vegetables Everyday: My Cookbook Recipes

Find a recipe by using this tool developed by the CDC to enter keywords or ingredients. You can narrow your search by food (fruits and/or vegetables) and meal types.

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Are Lower Income Households Willing and Able To Budget for Fruits and Vegetables?

Households have a number of needs and wants that all compete for scarce resources. Given this situation, are low-income households, in particular, generally willing and able to budget for healthful foods like fruits and vegetables, or are other goods and services, including other foods, more of a priority? For six out of seven selected types of food, we find that households with an income below 130 percent of the poverty line spend less money than higher income households. However, we also find that these households, when given a small increase in income, will allocate more money to only two out of the seven products, beef and frozen prepared foods. These foods may be priorities for reasons of taste and convenience. For additional money to be allocated to fruits and vegetables, a household’s income needs to be slightly greater than 130 percent of the poverty line.

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Improving Food Choices - Can Food Stamps Do More?

To help food stamp participants make more nutritious food choices, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has expanded its investment in nutrition education.

State governments and health advocates are looking at additional modifications to the Food Stamp Program that could reinforce nutrition education, including restrictions on the foods allowable for purchase with food stamp benefits and expanded benefits to buy more of healthful foods, such as fruit and vegetables.

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This material was produced by the California Department of Public Health, Network for a Healthy California, with funding from the USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly the Food Stamp Program). These institutions are equal opportunity providers and employers. In California, food stamps provide assistance to low-income households, and can help buy nutritious foods for better health. For food stamp information, call 877-847-3663. For important nutrition information visit www.cachampionsforchange.net.