08/20/26
Fresh food feels good. Maybe it was picked from your backyard, prepared by Mom or handed off by a helpful neighbor. But what if fresh food did more than feed the soul? What if it could heal the body, too?
That’s the methodology Tufts University physician Dr. H. Jack Geiger subscribed to after helping establish the Delta Health Center clinic in Mound Bayou, Miss., in the 1960s by prioritizing patient equality and using pharmacy budgets to cover the cost of healthy food for patients.
The legacy continues today as Tufts researchers return to Delta Health Center clinics for the Delta GREENS (Growing a Resilient, Enriching, Equitable, Nourishing Food System) Food Is Medicine Project, a multiyear National Institutes of Health-funded study aimed at increasing health and community resiliency through fresh-grown food.
Read the full article by Farm Progress
