In March 2009, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the USDA’s decision to purchase walnuts as part of the School Lunch Buy, a government sponsored feeding program. The USDA will purchase $29.7 million of walnuts.
Read the artcile: USDA Adds Walnuts to Government Sponsored Meals
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Supportive but not conclusive research shows that eating 1.5 ounces of walnuts per day, as part of a low saturated fat and low cholesterol diet, and not resulting in increased caloric intake may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, March 2004.
One ounce of walnuts provides 18g of total fat, 2.5g of monounsaturated fat, 13g of polyunsaturated fat, including 2.5g of alpha linolenic acid – the plant based omega-3.
