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<p>Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is supporting USDA’s mission of transforming America’s food system with a greater focus on local and regional food production while committing to support Tribal Nations’ goal of food sovereignty. To promote serving traditional
Indigenous Foods in Child Nutrition Programs (CNP), FNS has created a new webpage, as an organized hub of technical assistance resources and policy guidance, to assist Indigenous communities. This new webpage,
<a href="https://www.fns.usda.gov/cn/serving-traditional-indigenous-foods"><span style="color:#0563C1">Serving Traditional Indigenous Foods in Child Nutrition Programs</span></a>, houses resources such as the Crediting in Child Nutrition Programs Tip Sheet
series, Crediting Handbook for the Child and Adult Care Food Program, Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs (FBG), Gardens in Tribal Communities fact sheet, and USDA standardized recipes.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>FNS also released an update to the FBG that allows users to search for traditional Indigenous foods such as tepary beans, dandelion greens, and pheasant that are similar to foods currently included in the FBG.
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<p>Explore these resources and more on the traditional Indigenous foods webpage today at
<a href="https://www.fns.usda.gov/cn/serving-traditional-indigenous-foods"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://www.fns.usda.gov/cn/serving-traditional-indigenous-foods</span></a>!
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<p>Stay tuned for an updated memo, TA 01-2023: Crediting Traditional Indigenous Foods in Child Nutrition Programs, with an updated and expanded list of traditional Indigenous foods that credit the same as similar foods currently included in the FBG.<o:p></o:p></p>
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