Wholesome Wave applauds the USDA on the expansion of produce prescriptions in the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program

(Bridgeport, CT) June 1, 2021 Wholesome Wave, the national leading nonprofit working to eliminate disparities in diet-related disease across the United States today extended congratulations and support to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and the entire team at USDA on their announcement of a robust framework for shoring up the food supply chain and and transforming the food system to be fairer, more competitive, and more resilient. Among the important policies announced today was a major expansion of produce prescriptions in the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP), a program enacted in the 2018 farm bill which honors our co-founder.