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California could soon lead the nation with ‘food as medicine’ legislation

06/12/24 7:20 AM By Brad Hooker
KEYWORDS diabetes epidemic in America doctors prescribe nutritious meal plans to patients farm to food bank food as medicine food boxes for low-income communities food is medicine fruits and vegetables Medicaid produce prescriptions
The Legislature is advancing a proposal to make California the first state to permanently enshrine into law a movement known as food as medicine.
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Brad Hooker
Sacramento Bureau Chief, Agri-Pulse West

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