SHOPP Act of 2025

This bill expands a USDA program that helps low-income people buy more fruits and vegetables by now including fresh frozen fruits and vegetables, not just fresh ones. The program gives grants to projects that encourage people receiving food assistance (SNAP) to purchase produce, and the bill says priority should go to projects that make these benefits available year-round by offering fresh frozen options. It also updates a related program that provides fruit and vegetable "prescriptions" to now cover fresh frozen fruits, vegetables, and legumes, in addition to fresh ones. That prescription program studies whether giving people produce prescriptions helps them eat more fruits and vegetables, reduces food insecurity, and lowers healthcare costs.

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