USDA Plans Focus Groups to Jazz Up Nutrition Education Materials
Published Date: 5/29/2025
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The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) wants your thoughts on a plan to keep researching how to make nutrition education better for specific groups. This means testing new materials and tools through surveys, interviews, and focus groups to help design smarter grants and programs. If you’re involved in nutrition or education, this could affect you, and the agency is asking for comments soon to keep things moving smoothly.
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