Veggie-Friendly Options Available on the WIC Food Package

The VRG Blog Editor — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:00:55 +0000

WIC is a free food and nutrition program for women, infants, and children who meet certain income guidelines. Participants receive WIC foods such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains, milk, eggs, beans, cereal, juice, and infant foods at no cost. A WIC Authorized Foods List in Maryland included these foods among others: refrigerated half gallons of 8th Continent Original Soy Beverage, shelf stable quarts of Pacific Natural Foods Ultra Soy Plain; Azuma extra firm, firm, silken, and lite extra firm tofu; House extra firm, firm, medium firm (regular), and soft (silken) tofu; Nasoya Extra Firm, Cubed, Silken, Lite Firm, and Lite Silken Tofu. Other acceptable items include beans like kidney, pinto, black, navy, garbanzo, or lima beans; split peas, blackeye peas, or lentils; plain 16 to 18 ounce jar of peanut butter; smooth, crunchy, extra crunchy, creamy or honey-roasted peanut butter.

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Vermont Artist Encourages Us to “Eat More Kale”

The VRG Blog Editor — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:44:32 +0000

Bo Muller-Moore, an artist in Montpelier, Vermont, has a small business selling T-shirts encouraging people to “Eat More Kale”. This is a sentiment that The VRG can heartily endorse. Unfortunately, not everyone feels the same way. You can read about the controversy at the Huffington Post.

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Veggie-Friendly Options Available on the WIC Food Package

Vermont Artist Encourages Us to “Eat More Kale”