Federal menu friendlier to Latinos

“When Reina Rosales was pregnant with her first son, the Charlotte resident would eat eight tortillas a day.

Now that shes pregnant again, she anticipates a similar robust appetite. And this time, the federal government might pay her grocery bill.

Federal officials are revising the menu for the Women, Infants and Children nutritional program, which provides food vouchers for needy families. Among the changes: adding foods that meet the demands of a growing immigrant population.”

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