Idaho’s congressional delegation have convinced a House-Senate conference committee to include language in the Farm Bill that could lead to white potatoes being restored as part of a program for low-income women and children.

The move is in response to last year’s U.S. Department of Agriculture decision to prohibit potatoes in its Women, Infants and Children program, as the USDA changes its guidelines to allow participants to buy more produce with their monthly stipends. The agency decided not to include potatoes, because a study found that many poor people already base their diet on them.

The new legislative language calls for the inclusion of all fruits and vegetables in the federal nutrition programs.

The WIC program gives poor women extra money, typically about $40 each month, to buy nutritious food while they’re pregnant, nursing or caring for infants. The program, which began in 1974, provides extra nutrition to an estimated 8 million people each year.