Lettuce, cucumbers and tomatoes are probably not what first comes to mind when you think of school supplies. But these crops were a part of most lessons taught in limited resourced communities by UF/IFAS extension’s Family Nutrition Program (FNP).
The almost 30-year-old program announced recently it will be discontinued Sept. 30 following federal funding cuts to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed), FNP’s funder. All 76 employee positions at the Family Nutrition Program have been eliminated.
The $187 million in funding cuts to SNAP-Ed stem from the Big Beautiful Bill, signed by President Donald Trump on July 4. The bill also tightens eligibility requirements for SNAP-Ed…