{"id":27284,"date":"2022-08-10T20:16:09","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T00:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/usda-increases-gusnip-funding\/"},"modified":"2022-08-10T20:16:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T00:16:09","slug":"usda-increases-gusnip-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/usda-increases-gusnip-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"USDA Increases GusNIP Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The USDA announced an $8 million dollar increase in funding for the <a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001kHQA5FtrdYheeRbtgaMuQHlIXVyzXX6BQX5HoDeCnEQXZNZi5a6fOeEqC_d3HO_r4b9i8DI383FeHvsOJLoC_aRxd_2KTtPzHpnrEOzbneKCbbrrqqPk8CV8d05RoYD45fj7qkymTTGWdoJqdMQHduo3cMLqoEzqgiUNEbxXXuVGedsZaDgI5Jqr-PUgVIQgBthxogPGMl5eaTBYhWe-vDn0llYoQT3UNTqyVnXtEDM=&amp;c=SrVrIlGrpSUbvnjNkpyYNQEtRN_CRZVf7un6f8IPx8dLbZLp1PgEeA==&amp;ch=u_hhEPTcUJ3zIMVLrECO6zuYgwhvO9lEKYk7lCQO1Nfyh3wdYmHa6Q==__;!!MudiuR7P_Oo!OWCWISCN_ScuBMwZgQ5lVnLtmoT_2oz5SNrTYLGNmIEFGYI77AwQZfUQYUj-2stUDaX16yDuQUjW0xjVzdL7NTUMm7oP$\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ee8723;\">Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) Produce Prescription Program<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span style=\"color: #ee8723;\"><span style=\"color: #555759;\"> on August 10<sup>th<\/sup>, 2022. This investment comes as a part of continued efforts from the USDA to increase health and nutrition security for those in need.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><span style=\"color: #ee8723;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><span style=\"color: #ee8723;\"><span style=\"color: #555759;\">GusNIP is a program that incentivizes the purchase of fresh fruit and vegetables by income eligible families\/individuals. This way, more people are encouraged to focus on their health and wellness and eat more daily fruits and vegetables.<\/span> &nbsp;<span style=\"color: #555759;\">Dr. Chavonda Jacobs-Young, Education and Economics and USDA Chief Scientist, said:<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #fa8d29;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usda.gov\/media\/press-releases\/2022\/08\/10\/usda-invests-nearly-8m-improve-dietary-health-and-nutrition\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #fa8d29;\">\u201cThrough this investment, USDA is making more nutritious food available to more people at more affordable prices. The GusNIP Produce Prescription program demonstrates the invaluable impact that access to fresh fruits and vegetables has on communities in need.<\/a>\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 18px;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ee8723;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001kHQA5FtrdYheeRbtgaMuQHlIXVyzXX6BQX5HoDeCnEQXZNZi5a6fOcE2aQcqh-pjxEDdKk6hlsvL9plyd-5BDdevyJhsw2w6ClyEvDZpOZyRCInx5XiCYfEODEl1FoSoRhI-sGHFZuIjdKzVBaUwyqK3ZbXgvYJzSZU4MsWPuTdOx1tm_LJdAdyk8xQe-8g0Q61FD8hHMaeJnwbYmYnjQDqk9mlZBk2ag3n-JpFEv_bHPvYPWU_DQuG2vtIFu8UBoq0T81B2Bm8WVc7Gg2LUnNzm9o9usiZ5t76tn2suIXVlqlIlOeNQr74QrxHO2I6fo44nZ4oOWL4ZU-riTJC1zIvctKAGgZAWPsmbL-shc_JdOszti3lh1m_38SKnY__4f1tw2XTwzAXMUXVbihbp18rIzwGSmQSZG0Da9SUkHu2-m4o6zpGqlOHjX6XMnVdgvcwdLGuXhlZb5qaSW7tgBfp3HkYkIUPpT5tP3bAOrJaxGouzrXQuHQWYtvY1cq4JnT66maaJi9k=&amp;c=SrVrIlGrpSUbvnjNkpyYNQEtRN_CRZVf7un6f8IPx8dLbZLp1PgEeA==&amp;ch=u_hhEPTcUJ3zIMVLrECO6zuYgwhvO9lEKYk7lCQO1Nfyh3wdYmHa6Q==__;!!MudiuR7P_Oo!OWCWISCN_ScuBMwZgQ5lVnLtmoT_2oz5SNrTYLGNmIEFGYI77AwQZfUQYUj-2stUDaX16yDuQUjW0xjVzdL7NdDOKQ4X$\" rel=\"noopener\">Seventeen projects<\/a><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #555759;\"> will be funded from this $8 million increase:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><span style=\"color: #ee8723;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #ee8723;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usda.gov\/media\/press-releases\/2022\/08\/10\/usda-invests-nearly-8m-improve-dietary-health-and-nutrition\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ee8723;\"> Common Pantry\u2019s Food MD Program (New York, New York), in collaboration with clinical partners, will screen and identify qualifying patients for a three-month Nutrition Education and Food Resource intensive training, building healthy dietary behaviors and increasing household food security for patients diagnosed with or at risk of developing diet-related chronic disease.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span><strong><span style=\"color: #ee8723;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usda.gov\/media\/press-releases\/2022\/08\/10\/usda-invests-nearly-8m-improve-dietary-health-and-nutrition\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ee8723;\"> The Appalachian Farmacy Produce Prescription Program (Johnson City, Tennessee) will provide 360 participating households with at least $240 in direct incentives per year to purchase fresh produce from local farmers markets and grocery stores.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><strong><span style=\"color: #ee8723;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usda.gov\/media\/press-releases\/2022\/08\/10\/usda-invests-nearly-8m-improve-dietary-health-and-nutrition\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ee8723;\"> The Friends in Service to Community Food Bank (Kittitas County, Washington) will improve health outcomes, reduce health care use and costs, improve nutrition self-efficacy and sustain subsidized Community Supported Agriculture shares of Medicaid patients with diet-related health conditions.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><strong><span style=\"color: #ee8723;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usda.gov\/media\/press-releases\/2022\/08\/10\/usda-invests-nearly-8m-improve-dietary-health-and-nutrition\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ee8723;\"> University Healthcare Physicians, Inc., (Martinsburg, West Virginia) will employ a mobile teaching kitchen\/distribution unit that expands access to healthy food and culturally appropriate cooking and nutrition education across clinical sites in the eastern panhandle of the state<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 18px;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><span style=\"color: #555759;\">Having access to fresh fruits and vegetables, especially those that support your local economy, is an important part of this USDA effort to increase nutrition security. So, in honor of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/farmersmarketcoalition.org\/national-farmers-market-week\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ee8723;\">National Farmers Market week<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span style=\"color: #ee8723;\">, <span style=\"color: #555759;\">remember that <\/span><\/span><a href=\"\/ebt-for-farmers-markets-is-a-snap\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ee8723;\">SNAP recipients can use their EBT cards at several local farmers markets<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span style=\"color: #ee8723;\">, <span style=\"color: #555759;\">so be sure to have your fresh fruits and vegetables ready to go for your community!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><span style=\"color: #555759;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 18px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usda.gov\/media\/press-releases\/2022\/08\/10\/usda-invests-nearly-8m-improve-dietary-health-and-nutrition\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Learn More about the GusNIP Increase<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The USDA announced an $8 million dollar increase in funding for the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) Produce Prescription Program on August 10th, 2022. This investment comes as a part of continued efforts from the USDA to increase health and nutrition security for those in need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":244,"featured_media":27285,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[197,205,208],"class_list":["post-27284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-featured","tag-industry-news","tag-industry-news-usda-fns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/244"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}