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Acronyms

ADHD Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
AEWR Adverse Effect Wage Rate
AgJOBS Agricultural Job Opportunity, Benefits and Security bill
ARRA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
ARRM Aggregate Risk and Revenue Management Act of 2011
ASD Appalachian Sustainable Development
CAADP Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program
CACFP Child and Adult Care Feeding Program
CGIAR Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
CITA Independent Agricultural Workers’ Center (Centro Independiente de Trabajadores Agrícolas)
CIW Coalition of Immokalee Workers
CSB Corn Soy Blend
CSBs Calorically sweetened beverages
CSFP Commodity Supplemental Food Program
DOL U.S. Department of Labor
EBT Electronic benefit transfer
EFNEP Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program
GDP Gross Domestic Product
EITC Earned Income Tax Credit
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
FAC Food Aid Convention
FAO United Nations Food and AgricultureOrganization
FLOC Farm Labor Organizing Committee
FSA Farm Service Agency
GAO U.S. Government Accountability Office
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GHGs Greenhouse gases
GPS Global positioning system
GWDC Greater Dwight Development Corporation
HIP Healthy Incentives Pilot
ICE Immigration, Customs and Enforcement
LNS Lipid-based nutritional supplements
LRP Local and regional purchase
MDGs Millennium Development Goals
NCGA North Carolina Growers Association
NGO Nongovernmental Organization
NSLP National School Lunch Program
RDAs Recommended daily allowances
SFSP Summer Food Service Program
SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
SUN Scaling Up Nutrition
TAFAD Trans Atlantic Food Assistance Dialogue
TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
TEFAP The Emergency Food AssistanceProgram
USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture
VEDCO Volunteer Efforts for Development Concerns
WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children
WTO World Trade Organization