Editing Food and Nutrition Service (section)

==Nutrition assistance programs==
[[File:Consumer Reports - product testing - brine test for canned peas.jpg|thumb|right|A nutrition researcher considers canned peas]]
These products and services are provided through fifteen domestic nutrition assistance programs:

* [[Child and Adult Care Food Program]] (CACFP)
* [[Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program]] (FFVP)
* [[National School Lunch Program]] (NSLP) — Lunches subsidized by the NSLP are nearly ubiquitous in [[State school|public schools]]. The program has operated since 1946.
* [[School Breakfast Program]] (SBP)
* [[Special Milk Program]] (SMP)
* [[Summer Food Service Program]] (SFSP)
* Food Assistance for Disaster Relief (FADR)
* Food Distribution Programs/USDA Foods
** [[Commodity Supplemental Food Program]] (CSFP)
** [[Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations]] (FDPIR)
** [[Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program]] (TEFAP)
** Office of Food Safety
* [[Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children]] (WIC)
** [[Farmers' Market Nutrition Program / Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program]] (FMNP)/(SFMNP)
** [[Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program]] (SFMNP)
* [[Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program]] (SNAP) — Formerly known as the Food Stamp program, SNAP is now the cornerstone of USDA's nutrition assistance.
* Nutrition Assistance Block Grants, including [[Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico]]
* [[Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion]] (CNPP)

FNS Reporting<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fns.usda.gov/data-research|title=Data & Research &#124; USDA-FNS|website=www.fns.usda.gov|access-date=September 2, 2020}}</ref> is available for fiscal years broken down by month based on food costs and participation for many of the offered programs.

The [[Office of Community Food Systems|Office of Community Food Systems (OCFS)]] purpose is to support the many programs that run underneath it with a focus on using locally grown foods to support local economies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fns.usda.gov/cfs|title=Community Food Systems {{!}} USDA-FNS|website=www.fns.usda.gov|access-date=2019-10-14}}</ref> Most of these programs are geared towards children, although the [[Child and Adult Care Food Program|Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)]] includes day care for both children and seniors over 60 years old. The USDA Farm to School Grant Program is funded through the use of grants by the USDA, with 2019 seeing nearly $10 million awarded supporting 3.2 million students in over 5,400 schools across 42 states.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fns.usda.gov/pressrelease/usda-10819|title=USDA Announces Record-Breaking Funding for 2019 Farm to School Grants {{!}} USDA-FNS|website=www.fns.usda.gov|access-date=2019-10-14}}</ref> The program also seeks to encourage young children to pursue careers related to the creation and distribution of food supplies.