This Report to Congress responds to a requirement set forth in Section 28(c)(9) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, as amended (7 USC 2036a(c)(9)), that was added by Section 4019 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill; PL 115-334). The Act includes the following directive:
“The Administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service, in consultation with the Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, shall annually submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that evaluates the level of coordination between the nutrition education and obesity prevention grant program under this section; the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program under section 1425 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S. C. 3175); and any other nutrition education program administered by the Department of Agriculture; and includes the use of funds on such programs including State agency administrative costs reported by States.”
This report offers a description of nutrition education within the USDA and a summary of coordinated nutrition education activities completed from October 2023 through September 2024.