Starting Jan. 1, people enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will no longer be able to purchase foods and beverages that are taxable in Iowa.
This includes candy, soda and sugary beverages with less than 50% fruit or vegetable juice – but also dried fruit leathers, flourless granola bars and some prepared items that are not exempt from state sales tax.
Last February, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins shared her vision for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s nutrition programs and encouraged governors to “pilot creative solutions that could become the model for other states, and indeed for the nation.”…