Farmers’ Food as Medicine

Learn how to get more fresh produce

Food security is important to your health. If you have a nutrition-sensitive health condition, we can give you free fruits and vegetables for up to 12 weeks.

    • Cancer(s)

    • Cardiovascular disorders

    • Chronic kidney disease

    • Chronic lung disorders or other pulmonary conditions such as asthma/COPD

    • Heart failure

    • Diabetes or other metabolic conditions

    • Elevated lead levels

    • End-stage renal disease

    • High cholesterol

    • HIV

    • Hypertension

    • Liver disease

    • Dyslipidemia

    • Fatty liver

    • Malnutrition

    • Obesity

    • Stroke

    • Gastrointestinal disorders

    • Gestational diabetes

    • High risk perinatal conditions

    • Chronic or disabling mental/behavioral health disorders.

    Source: Department of Health Care Services

How it works

  • Fill out the interest form →

  • If you’re eligible, we’ll sign you up for a free Food FARMacy Card with a weekly value of $24

  • Use your card to buy healthy, local produce from our City Heights Food FARMacy or a participating market

Interest Form

Please note that filling out the form does not guarantee enrollment in the program

Help feed our community

Our emergency response work is funded by United for San Diego. As food assistance programs around the country suffer from massive budget cuts, you can help keep your neighbors fed.

$40 feeds one person with fresh produce, pays the farmer a just wage, and sustains the health of our local food system.

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Food security is public health

All of our food is grown on local, regenerative organic farms. Fresh produce is increasingly recognized as a way to treat certain medical conditions.

Amid the devastating cuts to public assistance, we are responding to the food security emergency by feeding our community. Through this pilot program with Rady Children’s Health, participants will receive free produce for 12 weeks.

After the program ends, the Food as Medicine movement continues. Our longterm goal is for San Diego to follow the model of other jurisdictions where doctors can prescribe fresh produce paid for by medical insurance. Your participation in this program gets us closer to this reality in which we can keep providing you food as medicine.