2023 Farm Bill: Nutrition Security Recommendations Protect and strengthen benefit levels for and access to SNAP

Congress must protect and strengthen access to and benefit levels for SNAP, reduce barriers for eligibility in SNAP, and address nutrition security by improving the food environment to increase equitable access to healthy food, invest in nutrition research, and strengthen nutrition education which can lower the burden of healthcare costs for millions of Americans. [...] • Ensure SNAP participants have the same access to food and nutrition information online as they do in-store: Require online SNAP retailers to provide all information required to appear on food labels or labeling, including nutrition, ingredient, and allergen information, prominently and conspicuously available to consumers at the point of selection prior to purchasing the food and without interve. [...] Advancing equity and inclusion in nutrition education programs and policies • Require federally-funded nutrition education and promotion programs to use participatory methods, when appropriate, to engage with the communities they serve throughout the planning, developing, evaluating, and maintenance of nutrition education initiatives to ensure that the programs are community-centered and designed. [...] • Strengthen SNAP-Ed capacity to pivot services from pandemic response to conduct joint projects with child nutrition programs, increase the support to children and families in community settings (including schools and childcare settings), support efforts to reduce food and nutrition insecurity in households with children and expecting mothers, and boost the diversity of SNAP-Ed providers. [...] Include child nutrition programs and WIC in the development of the clearinghouse and technical assistance system to increase efficient access to and implementation of comprehensive, practice-tested nutrition education, promotion, social marketing, and community initiatives.