'New WIC food guide will benefit farmers'

The plan to change the approved food guide for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children under the Department of Public Health would benefit local farmers in the CNMI. WIC clinic manager Dianne Esplin, RD, said the change in the guidelines, which will be implemented in October this year, will feature less milk and less juice. Instead, there will be more fruits and vegetables. “I think this would benefit local farmers in the process. It is a real boost for them,” she said. She said the plan will also reduce the cost of foods that WIC program clients can buy in designated stores, especially with the current economic situation.

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