No one knows whether there will be a 2012 farm bill, but we do know that it there is one, nutrition programs -- food stamps, school lunches, WIC, etc. -- will take up the lion’s share of farm bill funding, well in excess of $90 billion a year. But is the funding serving the neediest Americans? Find out on Thursday at AEI.

The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 introduced many of the Farm Bill provisions that remain present today, including precursors to the current food and nutrition programs (FANPs). This policy served multiple purposes, including enhanced demand for farm products to alleviate low farm income and reduce agricultural surpluses, and enhanced food security and improved nutrition for the poor.

One would assume that WIC's benefits would be targeted to the most needful Americans, but various formal and informal changes have liberalized eligibility criteria.

This AEI study challenges conventional wisdom that WIC is a uniquely successful program and demonstrates that claims about WIC's effectiveness are exaggerated.

AEI's new comprehensive analysis of research on WIC--the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, established by Congress in 1972 to improve the diets and health of low-income women, infants, and children up to age five--shows that WIC's overall benefits are modest at best.

This book analyzes the research on the effectiveness of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.

Ku's response to Besharov and Germanis article "Is WIC As Good As They Say?" followed by their reply to Ku.

Benefits apply only to WIC's prenatal program; the evidence suggests much more modest effects than WIC's boosters claim.