Women Infant and Children

It’s Farmer’s Market Season in AZ

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:46-07:00March 7th, 2014|Prevention|

March 1 was the kickoff of the new Arizona Farmers’ Market Nutrition season for women and children who participate in the AZ Women, Infants and Children program. WIC participants are beginning to receive their Farmers’ Market checks to spend for fresh, locally grown, fruits and vegetables at farmers’ markets. WIC moms and their kids receive [...]

Milk Research & Policy Change Cuts 7B Calories a Year in AZ

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:51:16-07:00February 24th, 2012|General|

Congrats to our Women Infant & Children’s program who did some research and implemented some simple policy changes that reduced the consumption of 7 Billion calories annually in AZ. How? After we did a little research, we came up with a way to change our WIC policy... convincing people to replace whole milk with 1% or fat free milk (for [...]