Apply for SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)
Farmer's Market programs that double the value of SNAP
Apply for WIC (Women, Infant, Children)
Summer Food Service Program
Find a local food bank
Food coops and food ministries - I don't know if everything on this list is up to date as none of them service my area, but groups like this can help stretch your food dollar.
Urban foraging - This interactive map helps you find fruiting trees in your neighborhood. Ask before picking fruit on private property; a polite request has always gotten me a "yes, help yourself."
Bread outlets - google "bread outlet" and your city to see if there's one in your area. Ours closed, but I used to be able to buy day old loaves of bread, English muffins, and baked treats for $.25 per package.
Resources for Inexpensive Recipes & Meal Planning
Websites
Supercook - find recipes based on what you have on hand.
Budget Bytes - tons of recipes with price breakdown on each one
Blogs
The Prudent Homemaker - ten part series on feeding a family on $.40 a day!
One Hundred Dollars A Month - with coupons, bartering, and gardening, Mavis feeds her family on $100 a month
Eating Well on $1 a Day - Jeffrey did a 100 day challenge of eating on $1 a day, using coupons, and blogged his experience.
Cookbooks
Good and Cheap (Free PDF cookbook) by Leanne Brown - cooking on $4 a day, based on a food stamps budget
Pass My Plate Recipes (Free PDF cookbook) - A whole recipe book with over 100 recipes that can be made for less than a dollar a day. PassMyPlate is an educational challenge promoting awareness of how extreme poverty, defined by the World Bank at $1.90 or less a day, has resulted in a hunger epidemic affecting millions around the world.
Communities
Eat Cheap and Healthy - subReddit
Frugal Family Food - Facebook group
Videos
Great Depression Cooking video series with Clara on YouTube
How to Live on $3 a Day video series with the Brothers Green on YouTube
Healthy on a Budget video series by Mind Over Munch, includes meals $1 and under
How to Live on $2 a Day video series by Happyfoods
Healthy on a Budget video series by Mind Over Munch, includes meals $1 and under
How to Live on $2 a Day video series by Happyfoods
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