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An urban farm-anchored produce prescription program - food as medicine and economic justice

Fruin KM, Tung EL, Franczyk JM, Detmer WM
N Engl J Med

To reduce high levels of food insecurity among Black and Latinx residents of Chicago, three institutions partnered to create VeggieRx, a produce prescription program anchored by an urban agriculture facility.

Fruin KM, Tung EL, Franczyk JM, Detmer WM. An urban farm-anchored produce prescription program - food as medicine and economic justice. N Engl J Med. 2024;391(8):678-679. DOI:10.1056/NEJMp2407166. PMID: 39158146

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Social Determinant of Health
Food/Hunger