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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Food as Medicine Program SpotlightsNonprofits
Food & Friends: Medically Tailored Meal Program Spotlight
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…
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Food as Medicine Program SpotlightsNonprofits
Healing Meals Community Project: Medically Tailored Meal Spotlight
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…
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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…
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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…
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Food as Medicine Program SpotlightsNonprofits
God’s Love We Deliver: Medically Tailored Meal Spotlight
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…