Wisconsin to lose millions aimed at teaching SNAP recipients healthy eating, savvy shopping
KIMBERLY WETHAL
Updated
About 50 volunteers at the Badger Prairie Needs Network spend their mornings on July 4, Labor Day and Memorial Day planting flags in the yards of subscribers to the Flag4Food Program. The proceeds go towards funding the food pantry, which has seen rising demand in the recent years.
Food pantries like Badger Prairie Needs Network, above, are experiencing a double-whammy of cuts to federal food assistance and an increase in the number of hungry people coming through their doors.
When people who need food assistance don’t learn how to cook healthy meals, processed or junk food often leaves the shelves first while healthier items may sit for longer, pantry officials say.
Dagny Knight, a volunteer at Badger Prairie Needs Network, moves raw meat products into a walk-in freezer. The food pantry doesn’t provide food education itself but may retain some access to programming through UW-Extension.
Dagny Knight, a volunteer at Badger Prairie Needs Network, stocks shelves before the food pantry opens for customers last week. Food pantries are expecting higher need and stretched resources as a result of federal cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
With 20% more customers this year than last year and reduced federal funding for produce from local farmers, the Badger Prairie Needs Network expects its shelves will not stay full for long.
Dagny Knight, a volunteer at Badger Prairie Needs Network, moves raw meat on to carts to wheel in to the pantry’s freezer. The people most affected by the cuts to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program's educational arm will be the rural areas of the state that already lack other resources. Dane County, along with other high-population counties in southeastern Wisconsin, will keep nutritionists through a separate U.S. Department of Agriculture grant.
Volunteers at Badger Prairie Needs Network stock shelves at Badger Prairie Needs Network. Even with cuts looming to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program dollars, there's a lingering hope that the desire to solve hunger will prevail.
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Food pantries like Badger Prairie Needs Network, above, are experiencing a double-whammy of cuts to federal food assistance and an increase in the number of hungry people coming through their doors.
When people who need food assistance don’t learn how to cook healthy meals, processed or junk food often leaves the shelves first while healthier items may sit for longer, pantry officials say.
Dagny Knight, a volunteer at Badger Prairie Needs Network, moves raw meat products into a walk-in freezer. The food pantry doesn’t provide food education itself but may retain some access to programming through UW-Extension.
Dagny Knight, a volunteer at Badger Prairie Needs Network, stocks shelves before the food pantry opens for customers last week. Food pantries are expecting higher need and stretched resources as a result of federal cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
With 20% more customers this year than last year and reduced federal funding for produce from local farmers, the Badger Prairie Needs Network expects its shelves will not stay full for long.
Dagny Knight, a volunteer at Badger Prairie Needs Network, moves raw meat on to carts to wheel in to the pantry’s freezer. The people most affected by the cuts to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program's educational arm will be the rural areas of the state that already lack other resources. Dane County, along with other high-population counties in southeastern Wisconsin, will keep nutritionists through a separate U.S. Department of Agriculture grant.
Volunteers at Badger Prairie Needs Network stock shelves at Badger Prairie Needs Network. Even with cuts looming to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program dollars, there's a lingering hope that the desire to solve hunger will prevail.
