An Rx for food? Doctor’s offices offer groceries to those in need.

  • Date: 12/02/2024

The Capital Area Food Bank has partnered with area health sites to set up “food pharmacies.”

Dietitian Emily Frymark slid open a drawer inside a Children’s National Hospital clinic that looks as though it should store bandages or medicine to reveal a surprise: heaps of onions and garlic bulbs.

The produce is part of the food pharmacy at the Northwest Washington hospital, where patients can pick up fresh fruit and vegetables, pasta, cereal, canned foods and other supplies at their regular medical checkups.

The program is one way the Capital Area Food Bank is bundling what it knows best — feeding people — with other basic services to help them manage health issues.

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