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 Rooted
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. Rooted 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.
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Our programs
Augusta’s Vegetable Prescription Program
Augusta was the beta test site for Georgia’s first vegetable prescription program in 2014. Rooted 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.
Rooted: Food for Health
Rooted is Augusta Locally Grown’s food-as-medicine program. It brings together many community partners to provide 40 participants each year with vegetable prescriptions for themselves and their households, plant-based cooking classes, monthly dietitian coaching, clinic visits, and wellness classes.
Community Partnerships
Today, the Rooted 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.