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The following resources are provided to assist SNAP-Ed providers working with participants in an environment of rising food prices.
Thumbnail of fact sheet.Eat Right When Money's Tight Tip Sheet  (PDF|1.5MB)
USDA. FNS. SNAP.
This tip sheet, created by SNAP, provides information on how to shop for a nutritious diet while on a low-income budget.
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Manage Your Food Dollars Wisely
USDA. NAL. SNAP-Ed Connection.
A collection of web-available, print-ready nutrition education materials focused on food resource management, includes shopping tips, food budgeting handouts, thrifty cooking ideas and more.
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Money for Food
University of Wisconsin Extension. Wisconsin Nutrition Education Program.
The Money for Food Curriculum is designed to help families with limited resources become more food secure. The series of 12 lessons teach meal planning and food resource management skills. Individual lesson plans and support materials are available in PDF format online.
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Eat Well For Less program logo.Eat Well for Less Web based Learning: Stretching Food Dollars
Oregon State University. Extension Service.
Eat Well For Less is a series of self-paced, web-based learning modules offering ideas about how to meet some of the challenges of running a household. The modules are available in English or Spanish. The program’s goal is to share useful information about how to plan healthful meals, prepare tasty, low-cost foods that are quick and easy, and make food dollars last through the month.
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Low Cost Recipes
USDA. NAL. SNAP-Ed Connection.
Over 100 nutritious recipes costing less than 25 cents per serving from the Recipe Finder database.
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Smiling Grocery BagShopping for Health and Budget  (PDF|79 KB)
Food and Health Communications
This handout explains how to balance the budget and health while shopping.
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Basic Foods for Cupboard, Fridge & Freezer: Create Your Own List!
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension.
A "starter list" of basic foods that can be combined and recombined in a variety of new, delicious (and nutritious!) ways. Also available in PDF format.
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Shopping Cart with Dollar SignSupermarket Savings: 16 Tips that Can Total Big Bucks  (PDF|364 KB)
University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension.
Includes 16 easy tips that can total over $2,000 of savings yearly. An example is given for each with the potential savings from spending less and/or avoiding uneaten food (and lost grocery money).
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Squeezed by Rising Food Prices?
University of Missouri Extension.
This handout contains tips on how the consumer can save money at the grocery store, when eating out, when eating at home, and when eating at work.
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Hot Topics A-Z--Food Resource Management
USDA. NAL. SNAP-Ed Connection.
Statistics, Reports, General Information and online tools relating to Food Resource Management for SNAP-Ed providers and other nutrition educators.
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