WAC 246-780-001. Purpose of the farmers market nutrition program
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Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 › Chapter 246-780 › Section 246-780-001
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(1) The purpose of the farmers market nutrition program (FMNP) is to:
(a) Provide access to:
(i) Locally grown, fresh, nutritious, unprepared fruits and vegetables, and fresh cut herbs to women, infants over five months of age, and children, who participate in the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC);
(ii) The WIC fruit and vegetable cash value benefit (CVB); and
(iii) The senior farmers market nutrition program (SFMNP) which includes locally grown, fresh, nutritious, unprepared fruits, vegetables, and fresh cut herbs.
(b) Expand the awareness and use of farmers markets where consumers can buy directly from the grower.
(c) Provide access to fresh, healthy foods regardless of a household's proximity to a farmers market through nonprofit mobile markets for participants of WIC FMNP, WIC CVB, and SFMNP.
(2) The FMNP is administered by the Washington state department of health.
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