The College of Menominee Nation and UW-Madison Division of Extension’s FoodWIse program announce a partnership between the land grant universities to work collaboratively to deliver the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Education (SNAP-Ed) to the citizens of Menominee Nation.
UW-Madison Division of Extension FoodWIse program has provided SNAP-Ed programming in Wisconsin for more than 30 years, including with Menominee Nation and Menominee County. SNAP-Ed is a federal program administered through state SNAP agencies.
The goal of SNAP is to improve the likelihood that people with limited incomes will make healthy food and lifestyle choices. SNAP-Ed provides nutrition education to individuals of all ages and works to increase access to healthy foods and opportunities to be physically active.
This SNAP-Ed partnership builds on other collaborative efforts currently underway between CMN and the UW-Madison Division of Extension, such as the Center for Disease Control-funded Kemamaceqtaq: We’re All Moving project, the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture NextGen project to build up the workforce in agriculture, natural resources and forestry.
CMN’s nutrition outreach coordinator Lizette Bailey will add the resources of SNAP-Ed to her current position.
“I believe this is what our community needs now as well as our future generations — strength through knowledge and healthy options,” Bailey said.
FoodWIse will continue programming in Menominee County and Menominee Nation and will work in collaboration with the College of Menominee Nation. CMN intends to focus on supporting youths and their families in learning more about Menominee food ways and connections to language and culture through healthy foods.
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