Programs
Access to healthy food is for all
We believe that access to healthy food and education regarding food health is for all.
$130,000
to local farmers through vegetable prescriptions
40
participants supported every year through GF4H
2014
Georgia’s first vegetable prescription program — right here
Food as medicine
Augusta’s Vegetable Prescription Program
Augusta was the beta test site for Georgia’s first vegetable prescription program in 2014. GF4H provides prescriptions for vegetables that are redeemed at the Veggie Park Farmers Market. In the past six years, over $130,000 has been contributed to local farmers in the CSRA through this program alone.
What we run
Our programs
Augusta’s Vegetable Prescription Program
Augusta was the beta test site for Georgia’s first vegetable prescription program in 2014. GF4H provides prescriptions for vegetables that are redeemed at the Veggie Park Farmers Market. In the past six years, over $130,000 has been contributed to local farmers in the CSRA through this program alone.
The Georgia Food for Health Program (GF4H)
The Augusta Georgia Food for Health program is in partnership with Wholesome Wave Georgia and one that encompasses many community partners to provide 40 participants yearly with vegetable prescriptions for program participants and their households, plant-based cooking classes, monthly dietician coaching, clinic visits, and wellness classes.
Community Partnerships
Today, the GF4H program consists of the following community partners: The Veggie Park Farmers Market, Harrisburg Family Health Clinic, Augusta Dietetic Association, St. Luke United Methodist Church, Reid Memorial, American Heart Association, and Good Neighbor Ministries.