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Farmers Market Nutrition Program
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Provides eligible WIC participants with checks to purchase locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables at farmers markets and farm stands.
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Eligible WIC families can receive one set of checks starting in June through the end of September and can redeem the checks until October 31st.
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Checks must be used at authorized farmer’s markets and farm stands (see 'Farmer Market & Farm Stands' page) Good news! Almost ALL farmers market and farm stands in Wood County are WIC authorized!
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Are you a WIC participant interested in receiving farmers market vouchers?
Call 715-421-8950 today!
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Wood County WIC provides:
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Nutrition information.
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Breastfeeding information and support services.
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Supplemental foods such as milk, eggs, fruit, vegetables, juice, cereal, dried beans and peas, peanut butter and infant formula.
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Referrals to other community resources.
You or your children may qualify if:
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You are pregnant or just had a baby (up to six months after delivery, or if breastfeeding up to 12 months after delivery), infant, or child under age of five, and
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You meet income requirements (Many people work and still qualify for WIC), and
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You have a nutrition or health need that WIC can help with by providing foods and nutrition information.