An Urban Farm-Anchored Produce Prescription Program - Food as Medicine and Economic Justice

N Engl J Med. 2024 Aug 22;391(8):678-679. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp2407166. Epub 2024 Aug 17.

Authors

Kaitlyn M Fruin¹, Elizabeth L Tung¹, Jean M Franczyk¹, Wayne M Detmer¹

Affiliation

¹ From the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (K.M.F.); and the University of Chicago, Chicago (E.L.T.), the Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe (J.M.F.), and Lawndale Christian Health Center, Chicago (W.M.D.) - all in Illinois.

PMID: 39158146
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp2407166

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Black or African American / statistics & numerical data
Farms* / statistics & numerical data
Food Assistance* / organization & administration
Food Insecurity*
Hispanic or Latino / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Prescriptions* / statistics & numerical data
Social Justice
United States
Urban Population / statistics & numerical data
Vegetables* / supply & distribution