Section 21.50.4. Program description and goals.

The women, infants, and children/farmers’ market nutrition program (FMNP) and the senior farmers’ market nutrition program (SFMNP) are jointly funded by the state of Iowa and the United States Department of Agriculture.

         50.4(1) The dual purposes of the FMNP are:

            a.               To provide resources in the form of fresh, nutritious, unprepared foods (fruits and vegetables) from farmers’ markets to women, infants, and children who are nutritionally at risk and who are participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) or are on the waiting list for the WIC program, and

            b.               To expand the awareness of, use of and sales at farmers’ markets.

         50.4(2) The purposes of the SFMNP are:

            a.               To provide resources in the form of fresh, nutritious, unprepared locally grown fruits, vegetables and herbs from farmers’ markets, roadside stands, and community supported agriculture (CSA) programs to low-income seniors;

            b.               To increase the domestic consumption of agricultural commodities by expanding or aiding in the expansion of domestic farmers’ markets, roadside stands, and CSAs; and

            c.               To develop or aid in the development of new and additional farmers’ markets, roadside stands, and CSAs.

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