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News Articles: nutrition programs

Julia Adele Callahan gets ready to sort through her paper WIC vouchers at the checkout line at a grocery store in Macon, Georgia, on August 17, 2022. A 2021 nationwide study in the Journal of the American Medical Association saw WIC participation increase 8% over three years in places that implemented electronic benefits.

Georgia is the last state to take the hassle out of food benefits for millions of women and children

In a nationwide switch to make WIC paperless, every participant in Georgia will have a debit card with electronic benefits by the end of the year. 

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Signage for the WIC Farmers Market in Macon-Bibb County on June 9, 2022. Participants of the suplemental nutrition program have access to the summer markets, hosted by the Georgia Department of Public Health's 18 districts, through September.

WIC participants in Georgia will finally get electronic benefits

A switch to electronic purchasing will make using the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children  easier for low-income families. Sofi Gratas reports.

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Fairmeadow Elementary School third grade students Ellery Carlson, left, and Tatiana Aboytes, right, pick chocolate milk during a school lunch program

Georgia children could lose access to food if nutrition waivers are not renewed

Recent increases in food insecurity are not going away despite declines in COVID-19. The United States Department of Agriculture says roughly 12% of Georgia families do not have enough to eat.

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Fishermen sell freshly caught seafood at the Saturday Fishermen's Market in Santa Barbara, Calif. When the pandemic began, fishermen watched their markets dry up overnight. Now, as well as public markets like this, some are selling to food assistance programs.

Fishermen Team Up With Food Banks To Help Hungry Families

The COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated food insecurity and stretched an already-strained fishing industry. New partnerships with food banks give fisherman income and provide food for those in need.

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  • April Fulton