This Nonprofit is Enabling Doctors to Write Prescriptions for Healthy Food
“In order to help low-income families have access to healthier food, Wholesome Wave, a U.S.non-profit, has been working for more than 10 years, implementing programs in communities that incentivize people to eat more fresh fruit and vegetables.
One of these programs is called the Fruit and Vegetable Prescription (FVRx) Program, which enables healthcare providers to write a prescriptions for produce. Participating doctors can write out a prescription for fruits and vegetables, which the patient can then redeem at partnering stores. The prescription is worth $1 a day per household member and to renew it, patients have to go back to their doctor every month and have their health checked.”