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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