The Add Milk! program operating in Meijer stores provides an automatic 40% discount to SNAP participants to purchase non-fat and low-fat (1%) milk, including lactose-free options. The program is operating in all Meijer stores in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

One of the best parts about working in the dairy industry is knowing that the products we make improve the health and nutrition of so many Americans.

Together, a group of 12 companies and trade groups are urging Congress to ensure WIC has the needed funds to ensure all eligible women, infants, and children who wish to enroll can be served by the program.

Public health dialogue around food and nutrition is evolving from a focus on simply providing calories to ensuring children and families have access to high-quality, nutritious food that will allow them to reach their full potential. 

SNAP households have also decreased their spending on non-food items at over three times the rate of their spending on food and beverages, according to Circana.

Launched by the Auburn University’s College of Human Sciences Hunger Solutions Institute (HSI) and select retailers, it provides a dollar-for-dollar match for participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Asking Congress to reauthorize and expand the Healthy Milk Incentives Projects program is first on the list.

Nutrition and wellness, global competitiveness, and sustainability are among the main goals for the future.

Serving those who most need it makes sense.

The HFMI program, a result of the 2018 Farm Bill, uses incentives to encourage Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, participants to buy and consume qualifying milk as part of a healthy, balanced diet.