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USDA emphasizes nutrition agenda: SNAP waivers, dietary guidelines and rural health funds
Summary
USDA officials highlighted new SNAP waivers across multiple states, upcoming federal dietary guidelines to prioritize whole foods, and a rural health transformation fund intended to increase federal and Medicaid support for rural health care over five years.
USDA officials used the event to link a new regenerative agriculture pilot to a broader nutrition agenda that includes recently signed SNAP waivers, revised Farm to School grants, and actions to bolster rural health care.
The opening speaker said the administration had signed additional SNAP waivers for multiple states and later recited a list of states referenced in the event: waivers signed "30 minutes ago" included Hawaii, Missouri, North Dakota, South Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee, and an earlier set included Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah, Louisiana, Florida, Colorado, Oklahoma, West Virginia and Texas. The officials said details will be published in the…
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