WIC some good, some bad
Dec. 1st, 2006 09:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
semiotic_pirateGot the following snippet from a Minnesota based paper. My major issue with this is that the people fighting the plan aren't fighting it in the correct manner. Instead of blocking fruits, vegetables and whole grains they should be fighting so that these three are ADDED to what WIC already provides. I remember WIC, I remember the end cheese and whatnot. A better balanced food allowance is a wonderful idea but the fact that they want to cut what is already provided in order to allow for additional options... I remember what a WIC check looked like. It explicitly lists what types of food, down to brand names and package sizes. What? So instead of a pound of cheese a gallon of milk some frozen concentrated juice cans and a dozen eggs you only get a half of each of those so that you can get a loaf of bread and... How are they going to designate the fruits and veggies? Canned and frozen only, nothing fresh or organic. You have to have money for fresh and organic.
Maybe I'm just bein cynical.
EDIT: This adds a little more information to the following article. Mainly questioning the ability to split a check two ways - it is either all at a supermarket as is traditional or somehow being able to have an item by item sign-off by various suppliers to the WIC consumer. Then you put the burden of the extra travel to various locations in order to get what you want. Travel cost increases are not viable to people who need WIC to feed their children.
Summary Box: Dairy farmers fret about losing money from WIC
The Associated Press
A NEW DIET: The U.S. Department of Agriculture is proposing adding fruits, vegetables and whole grains to the Women, Infants and Children program, with the aim of offering more healthy foods.
NOT EVERYONE'S HAPPY: The proposal would mean less dairy products, eggs and juice - and less income for those industries.
FIGHTING THE PLAN: Dairy farmers, eggs producers and juice makers have come out against the proposal. The USDA hopes to finalize the proposal by next September.
Maybe I'm just bein cynical.
EDIT: This adds a little more information to the following article. Mainly questioning the ability to split a check two ways - it is either all at a supermarket as is traditional or somehow being able to have an item by item sign-off by various suppliers to the WIC consumer. Then you put the burden of the extra travel to various locations in order to get what you want. Travel cost increases are not viable to people who need WIC to feed their children.
Summary Box: Dairy farmers fret about losing money from WIC
The Associated Press
A NEW DIET: The U.S. Department of Agriculture is proposing adding fruits, vegetables and whole grains to the Women, Infants and Children program, with the aim of offering more healthy foods.
NOT EVERYONE'S HAPPY: The proposal would mean less dairy products, eggs and juice - and less income for those industries.
FIGHTING THE PLAN: Dairy farmers, eggs producers and juice makers have come out against the proposal. The USDA hopes to finalize the proposal by next September.
