Nutrition

Seafood is key to Making America Healthy Again and a contributor to national food security. Seafood is a nutrient-dense food that supports a balanced diet throughout the lifespan. Learn how USDA is promoting seafood for consumer health as well as supporting opportunities to offer seafood for school meals and other USDA nutrition programs. 

Programs and Guidelines

Agricultural Marketing Service

Micro-Grants for Food Security Program 
This program assists agricultural agencies or departments in eligible states and territories to increase the quantity and quality of locally grown food in food insecure communities through small-scale gardening, herding, and livestock operations in food insecure communities in areas of the United States that have significant levels of food insecurity and import a significant quantity of foods.
 

Food and Nutrition Service

The Patrick Leahy Farm to School Program
This program helps child nutrition program operators incorporate local foods in the National School Lunch Program, the School Breakfast Program, the Summer Food Service Program, the Child and Adult Care Food Program and all associated programs. The Farm to School Program has been successfully used to incorporate seafood – sea to school – in school meals. For example, the Gulf of Maine Research Institute received a 2020 Farm to School grant to work with K-12 schools across New England to increase the amount of local seafood served in public school cafeterias.
 

USDA and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2025-2030 
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans is the cornerstone for federal nutrition programs and provides food-based recommendations to promote health, help prevent diet-related chronic diseases, and meet nutrient needs.