Prescribing Food as Medicine w/ Erin Martin and Jimmy Emmons
Channel: Green Cover Seed
Date: 2022-08-09

Erin Martin, Gerontologist, and Jimmy Emmons, farmer and soil health advocate, have paired together to regenerate human health using soil health. The Tulsa FreshRx program aims to treat people with type 2 diabetes in North Tulsa, an area that is considered a food desert. The program provides locally sourced, regeneratively grown fruits and vegetables every two weeks for a full year, plus lifestyle, cooking and nutrition classes for those enrolled. In the first 12 months of the program, 30 of 40 participants saw reduced A1C numbers through the program. Martin and Emmons seek to expand the program which stimulates local economy, supports local farmers and prioritized fresh food and health education in food deserts in North Tulsa.

freshrxok.org 
https://www.noble.org/news/publications/legacy/2018/fall/from-the-ashes/