@article{CenterforNutritionPolicyandPromotion:337159,
      recid = {337159},
      author = {Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, Food and  Nutrition Service},
      title = {Thrifty Food Plan, 2021},
      address = {2021-08},
      number = {1472-2023-923},
      series = {FNS-916},
      pages = {125},
      year = {2021},
      note = {Appendixes:  Appendix 1.  Thrifty Food Plan, 2021 Modeling  Categories and Description of Foods.  Appendix 2.   Description of the Thrifty Food Plan Optimization Model.   Appendix 3.  Dietary Constraints Applied to the Thrifty  Food Plan Optimization Model.  Appendix 4.  Thrifty Food  Plan Market Baskets for 15 Age-Sex Groups},
      abstract = {Excerpts:  In response to a Congressional directive, the  Department of Agriculture (USDA) conducted an  evidence-driven reevaluation of the Thrifty Food Plan,  which is the lowest cost of four USDA Food Plans.  By law,  the cost of the June Thrifty Food Plan serves as the basis  for the maximum Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program  (SNAP) benefit allotments in the following Federal fiscal  year beginning each October 1st.  The Agricultural  Improvement Act of 2018 (P.L. 115–334, the 2018 Farm Bill)  established a new requirement for USDA to reevaluate the  Thrifty Food Plan on a regular cycle, using specific  criteria.  The reevaluation must be based on current food  prices, food composition data, consumption patterns, and  dietary guidance.  The reevaluation process for the Thrifty  Food Plan, 2021 was guided by the goal to create Market  Baskets that contain a variety of commonly consumed foods  and beverages that are lower in price and of higher  nutrition quality (or nutrient density) to support healthy  meals and snacks at home on a limited budget.  This  reevaluation of the Thrifty Food Plan was an iterative  process of review and revision conducted by a team of  economists, nutrition scientists, and analysts at the Food  and Nutrition Service’s Center for Nutrition Policy and  Promotion (CNPP).},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/337159},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.337159},
}