produce prescriptions

USDA invests $46MM in fruit and vegetable access programs

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2024 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today an investment of more than $46 million...

6 months ago 4 minute read

Brighter Bites partners with DoorDash for U.S. expansion

HOUSTON (March 8, 2024) – Brighter Bites, BB #:371141 a national nonprofit that delivers fresh fruits and vegetables directly into...

1 year ago 5 minute read

IFPA makes progress for Produce Rx on Capitol Hill

February 16, 2024 Washington, D.C. – Recently, the National Produce Prescription Collaborative hosted a fly-in that coincided with the first...

1 year ago 4 minute read

New project pilots produce prescriptions

Talk about produce prescriptions is widespread in the industry at present, based on hopes that they will help Americans’ embarrassing...

1 year ago 2 minute read

IFPA releases produce prescriptions video for medical community

WASHINGTON, DC – At its annual Washington Conference September 14, the International Fresh Produce Association BB #:378962 released a video...

2 years ago 1 minute read

Another study highlights benefits of produce prescriptions

This is a post from the Alliance for Food and Farming on September 12, 2023: Just in time for “National...

2 years ago 2 minute read

Produce prescriptions work

Produce “prescriptions,” which provide vouchers to low-income people for purchasing fruits and vegetables, work, according to a new study published...

2 years ago 2 minute read

Fresh Connect partnership expands food prescription platform in retail

BOSTON, June 13, 2023 – Today, About Fresh, a Boston based nonprofit committed to expanding access to high-quality, fresh food vital to people’s health, wellbeing,...

2 years ago 6 minute read

Produce Prescriptions: If not now, when?

When the White House Conference on Nutrition, Hunger and Health released a strategy in September 2022 (50 years after the...

2 years ago 5 minute read

Food as medicine: present and future

The International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA) BB #:378962 made produce prescriptions the centerpiece of its Produce Moonshot recommendations for the...

2 years ago 4 minute read

USDA invests $59MM in GusNIP Produce Prescriptions

Washington, Nov. 22, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced an investment of $59.4 million to support...

2 years ago 5 minute read

USDA invests $8MM in GusNIP Produce Prescription Program

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of nearly $8 million to...

3 years ago 4 minute read

Why Giant is filling produce “prescriptions”

“Let food be thy medicine” is truly ancient advice. That quote comes from Hippocrates, circa 400 B.C. The modern idea...

6 years ago 3 minute read
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