{"id":41546,"date":"2026-05-19T10:40:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T14:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/?p=41546"},"modified":"2026-05-19T12:08:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:08:43","slug":"pitney-meadows-community-farm-expands-food-as-medicine-with-three-year-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2026\/05\/pitney-meadows-community-farm-expands-food-as-medicine-with-three-year-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Pitney Meadows Community Farm Expands Food As Medicine With Three-Year Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_41547\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41547\" style=\"width: 243px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-41547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/05\/pitneymeadows-v-243x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/05\/pitneymeadows-v-243x300.png 243w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/05\/pitneymeadows-v.png 567w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A worker holds harvested beets at Pitney Meadows Community Farm as its program expands.<br \/>Courtesy Pitney Meadows Community Farm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pitney Meadows Community Farm has received a three-year grant from The Hortense and Louis Rubin Community Health Fund of The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region to expand its Food as Medicine: Clinical program with Saratoga Community Health Center.<\/p>\n<p>The partners plan to scale the Nutrition Rx program and further integrate locally grown produce into patient care. The collaboration is entering its seventh year.<\/p>\n<p>Over the next three years, the program is expected to grow from 20 to 40 to 80 participants per year across Saratoga Community Health Center and the Saratoga Backstretch Clinic.<\/p>\n<p>Patients receive weekly prescription produce boxes during a six-month growing season, nutrition education in a group setting and ongoing support. Participants complete pre- and post-program assessments to track changes in food access, health outcomes and behavior.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a turning point for how healthcare shows up for people in our community,\u201d said Brooke McConnell, Executive Director of Pitney Meadows Community Farm. \u201cOver the past seven years, our partnership with Dr. Rodriguez and CHC has proven that when you connect people to fresh, nourishing, local food, health outcomes change. Now, we have the opportunity to scale that work\u2026 embedding food not as a supplement, but as a fundamental part of care and overall wellness.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><span class=\"\"><b><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><!--more--><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span>\u201cThis is what it looks like when healthcare expands beyond the exam room,\u201d said Dr. Renee Rodriguez-Goodemote, Medical Director at Saratoga Community Health Center. \u201cWhen patients have reliable access to fresh, nutritious food, combined with education and support, we see real, measurable changes in their health. Food is not an add-on to care. It is essential.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The program is part of Pitney Meadows\u2019 broader Food for All programming, which also includes Farm-to-Pantry and residential-based Food as Medicine efforts. Pitney Meadows said it contributes more than 100,000 servings of produce each year to food pantries and community partners across Saratoga County and offers free cooking and nutrition education.<\/p>\n<p><i>Provided by Pitney Meadows Community Farm; edited for style and length.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pitney Meadows Community Farm has received a three-year grant from The Hortense and Louis Rubin Community Health Fund of The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region to expand its Food as Medicine: Clinical program with Saratoga Community Health Center. 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