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Media Advisory No. 0054.13
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to Discuss Projects to Encourage Healthy Purchases by SNAP Recipients
WASHINGTON, July 24, 2013 - TODAY, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will host a national media call to discuss programs to encourage healthy purchases among recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Through a series of pilot projects, USDA and its partners are exploring innovative ways of encouraging increased fruit and vegetable consumption for participants of USDA’s nutrition assistance programs.
Secretary Vilsack will be joined by Oran Hesterman, President and CEO of the Fair Food Network in Detroit Michigan. The Fair Food Network is one of several organizations that have partnered with the USDA to empower low-income families to increase their consumption of fresh, healthy, locally-grown food.
Wednesday, July 24, 2013 11:00 a.m. EDT
WHAT: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will host a national media call to discuss pilot programs to encourage healthy purchases with SNAP.
PRESS CONFERENCE PARTICIPANT ACCESS:
Audio Bridge Number: 888-455-0739
PASSCODE: FNS (Given Verbally)
Trouble number – 202-720-8560
Callers will be joined to the conference in listen-only mode. To join the Q&A portion of the meeting, press *1 on your touch-tone phone.
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