WIC clients are encouraged to use all their coupons during the season to help meet their special nutritional needs. WIC Project FRESH coupons can only be used to buy eligible, locally grown, fresh, unprepared fruits and vegetables from authorized farmers, farmers' markets and roadside stands. What May Be Purchased With WIC Project FRESH Coupons? It is the responsibility of the WIC local agency staff to identify eligible clients and issue coupons at either the local WIC agencies, farmers' markets, or roadside stands. The program provides low-income, nutritionally-at-risk WIC clients with eligible, locally grown, fresh, unprepared fruits and vegetables from authorized farmers, farmers' markets and roadside stands throughout Michigan.Įnrolled WIC clients, excluding infants, may be eligible to receive a $25 booklet containing five, $5 coupons to be used June 1st through October 31st in the year the booklet is issued. WIC Project FRESH helps to provide healthy and nutritious produce to Michigan WIC clients, while fostering economic development by promoting our state's diverse agricultural products. The project's success led Congress to enact the Farmers' Market Nutrition Act of 1992 (P.L.102-314).The program was transferred to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (formerly known as Michigan Department of Community Health) in November of 1992 where it remains today. WIC Project FRESH was administered by the Michigan Department of Agriculture as a federal pilot in Fiscal Years 19. In 1988, Congress authorized a three-year demonstration project to test the concept in 10 states.
WIC Project FRESH started in 1986 in several states across the country. The Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) is known in Michigan as Project FRESH and administrated by the WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) program.
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