Editorial Staff

The concept of food as medicine is not new. In fact, it dates back to the time of Hippocrates, the ancient Greek physician who lived in the 4th century BC…

What they do: Project Open Hand provides medically-tailored food to critically ill individuals and their families as well as hot meals to seniors and adults with disabilities struggling with food…

By Iliana Garcia, MPH While diet has the potential to cause disease, it is also capable of building, maintaining and restoring health. Physicians generally do not receive adequate nutrition education…

What they do: Ceres Community Project empowers youth fourteen years and older in Northern California to use food to positively impact the health of thousands of low-income individuals struggling with…

What they do: Food & Friends provides home-delivered nutritionally tailored  meals and groceries as well as nutrition counseling to thousands of individuals and their families struggling with chronic illness in…

What they do: Healing Meals Community Project was started in 2016 to provide nutritious meals to individuals facing health crises. The organization was founded by Sarah Leathers whose sister, Cathryn…

What they do: Started in 1990 by seven Philadelphians wanting to support their neighbors diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, MANNA has thirty years of experience providing nourishment to critically ill individuals. As…

What they do: Fueled by a belief in the “astonishing power of food,” Community Servings, a nonprofit organization based in the Boston area, prepares and delivers scratch-made, medically tailored meals…

What they do: God’s Love We Deliver (GLWD), a nonsectarian organization based in New York City, operates on the premise that “being sick and hungry is a crisis.” Founder Ganga…