For 30 years, SNAP-Ed helped people build healthy eating habits and be more active on a limited budget. Following a federal decision to end funding, the program was discontinued after July 4, 2025.

Through practical, hands-on education and local partnerships, SNAP-Ed helped people with limited resources build lifelong skills around nutrition, cooking, physical activity, and budgeting for healthy meals.

But sustainable change takes more than knowledge. That’s why SNAP-Ed also invested in lasting improvements through policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) work, which helped reshape the places where people live, learn, and work so that healthier choices become easier and more affordable. 

This page features the inspiring stories behind that work — from tackling food insecurity in high schools to launching creative partnerships that bring local farmers' produce to children through early care and education centers.

We invite you to explore these videos and articles and see what’s possible when education, partnership, and policy come together to support a healthier Michigan.

SNAP-Ed Success Story Videos

  • SNAP-Ed: Father Fred Foundation Pantry to Preschool

    Published on May 28, 2024

    A partnership between MSU Extension and the Father Fred Foundation is helping distribute healthy food to families in northwest lower Michigan.

  • SNAP-Ed Success Stories: Growing Healthy Eaters

    Published on April 17, 2024

    By connecting caregivers to community farmers, Growing Healthy Eaters increases access to local produce, educates providers about nutrition and teaches children about gardening and agriculture. Learn more about a Flint-area daycare provider's experience with the program.

  • SNAP-Ed Success Stories: Mustang Food Share

    Published on February 28, 2023

    Nutrition and access to healthy food is critical for kids to do their best at school. Learn about what MSU Extension doing to help with the Mustang Food Share at Munising High School.

  • Improving Nutrition Security: Garden to Food Club

    Published on November 3, 2022

    MSU Extension community nutrition instructor Kendra Gibson set in motion a vital partnership that enhances healthy food access and nutrition and physical activity education within Mason County, Michigan.

  • Fighting Hunger in Rural Michigan: Thumb Blessing Boxes

    Published on August 24, 2022

    In 2019, the Tuscola Food Access Collaborative was created to address food insecurity in the rural “thumb area" of Michigan. As a result, the organization leveraged existing structures and projects, including the Thumb Blessing Boxes.

SNAP-Ed Success Story Articles