Saturday, December 1, 2007

Organic Program Stays in Montana

"GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) - Organic foods will remain on an option for Montana women and children receiving food assistance through a federal program.

State managers of the Women, Infants and Children program - commonly known as WIC (wik) - say they're dropping plans to remove organic foods from those available at program expense.

Under a recent decision by state managers of WIC, yesterday was to have been the last day organic foods were on the approved list. The managers said those foods were too expensive.

Now the decision has been reversed."


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