This report describes various government nutrition programs designed to aid pregnant women and children under six. Programs described include: the Agriculture Extension Program, a home program in Alleghany County, Maryland; supplemental food programs in Washington, D.C. and Denver; and the Chicago Supplemental Food Voucher Experimental Program. Also discussed are special food service programs for groups of children away from home which are provided in Greenville, South Carolina; San Francisco; Raleigh County, West Virginia; Vincennes, Indiana; San Diego, Texas; and in day care centers at the University of North Carolina campuses at Greensboro and Chapel Hill. The appendix includes reprints of articles written by Margaret Mead and James Roper, a bibliography on food and nutrition, film suggestions, a listing of federal and state personnel involved in food programs, and examples of program materials used in the District of Columbia. (AJ)