Rachel Smith Kovarsky: Pilot program that gives SNAP residents in Chicago more options should be expanded

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Rachel Smith Kovarsky: Pilot program that gives SNAP residents in Chicago more options should be expanded
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Column: This holiday season is centered around food, so it is an appropriate time to acknowledge that healthy food options must be available for everyone, not just some who live in certain neighborhoods.

Ray Gardner, 33, works at picking three types of lettuce at Growing Home Urban Farm in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood on May 24, 2022. The lettuce was sent to the Greater Chicago Food Depository.

A pilot program launched in the spring that includes Chicago — the Restaurant Meals Program — is tackling food insecurity by allowing elderly, homeless or disabled recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, to use their food stamp benefits to pay for meals in five restaurants in four Chicago ZIP codes and all of DeWitt and Franklin counties in central Illinois.

Research shows that ultraprocessed foods such as those available at many food desert vendors contribute to higher-than-average

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