The White House Wants to Cut WIC Fruit and Vegetable Benefits by 75%—Here’s What Dietitians Warn

The White House’s fiscal year 2027 budget proposal includes significant reductions to the WIC program’s fruit and vegetable benefits, lowering monthly allowances from $52 to $13 for breastfeeding mothers and from $27 to $10 for families with young children.

Public health and nutrition experts emphasize that WIC is strongly associated with improved child diet quality and health outcomes, largely due to its support for produce access during critical early-life stages. Dietitians warn that reducing benefits could widen existing nutrition gaps for low-income families, despite evidence that food access programs help reduce diet-related chronic disease and strengthen population health outcomes. Read more from Eating Well here.