Arizona’s Nutrition Assistance Program (NA), formerly known as food stamps, operates a little differently than other states’ programs. While the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is federally ...

The federal government wants to target childhood obesity with new limits for calories, sugar, fat and sodium on snacks sold in the nation’s schools. The Smart Snacks in School standards, announced ...

The Garden Kitchen, a community effort that offered nutrition and health advice, is losing its main funding source, the SNAP-Ed program. SNAP-Ed, an educational component of the Supplemental Nutrition ...

PHOENIX - As the federal government shutdown continues, its effects on people's daily lives are starting to show. In recent days, we have reported on how the shutdown has left federal workers with ...

Nearly 153,000 of Arizona’s low-income mothers and their young children rely on WIC for monthly food assistance, nutrition education and breastfeeding support. The government shutdown has put the ...

PHOENIX — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday it would scale back school lunch standards that were implemented under the Obama administration. But an Arizona official said students in ...