DC Greens in the Media
Recent Features
PBS
DC Greens featured in 2-Episode Series on Mental Health and Wellbeing
The Washington informer
District Sustainability Award Winners Encourage Extensive Environmental Action
Produce Business
Produce and Public Health
Programs like DC Greens’ Produce Rx are using produce prescriptions, incentives, and innovation to improve health and drive consumption.
Radio Advisory
‘Food as medicine’: What it is, why it matters, and how to do it right
The healthcare system isn’t built to integrate nutrition into care delivery at scale. DC Greens Board Chair Tomi Ogundimu joins an episode of Radio Advisory to discuss what “food as medicine” looks like — and why it matters for outcomes and costs.
NBC Washington
Can fresh produce be prescribed? Inside the program saving lives in DC
DC Greens’ Prroduce Rx program offers D.C. patients monthly produce support to eat healthier, lower meds, and improve long-term health.
East of the River Magazine
The Well at Oxon Run: Growing, Giving, Learning, and Healing
The Well at Oxon Run, a farm operated by DC Greens, takes a holistic approach to food and urban farming — one where food is medicine and nature is therapy.
WAMU
Voices of Wards 7 and 8: The Well at Oxon Run – a place for food, community, and quiet reflection
The Well at Oxon Run feels a long way away from the capital. It’s a green space in a city, and in a part of the city where green space isn’t easily accessible. But getting away into this farm doesn’t mean getting away from the District, least of all Ward 8.
PBS News Student Reporting Labs
DC Greens is fighting food injustice, one healthy meal at a time
DC Greens is a health equity organization that works to end food insecurity and empowers communities to grow their own food.
The Fulcrum
Prescribing Produce, Powering Markets: How D.C. Is Rethinking Food Access As Health Policy
As federal nutrition aid is stalled by red tape and grocery deserts persist, local civic-minded organizations are responding with inventive, community-centered approaches.
HU News Service
How Produce Rx Is Prescribing Wellness From The Root
With bipartisan support growing for the national Food-is-Medicine initiative, the question becomes not if programs like DC Greens’ Produce Rx can expand — but how quickly they can grow to meet demand.
The 51st
Climate change is making gardening in D.C. harder. Don't let that stop you.
D.C. faced record-breaking temperatures this year. Charles Rominiyi of DC Greens shares advice for gardening in a warming world.
CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAM
A reimagined Oxon Run Park takes shape in the heart of Southeast Washington, D.C.
DC Greens is among a variety of nonprofits working together to improve the park and the stream running through it.
FOOD BANK NEWS
Why You Should Get Started in Food Is Medicine Now
DC Greens has been working on and revising a Food Is Medicine produce prescription program for at least a decade. Their Produce Rx Manager, Luisa Furstenberg-Beckman, spoke to the 2024 National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference in D.C. on lessons learned and how to scale it.
WTOP-FM
How a Community Garden Is Helping D.C. Residents Get Fresh Produce
A community farm and wellness space in the heart of Southeast D.C. is making fresh produce available to everyone in the community. It offers delicious summer fruits and veggies, including tomatoes, squash and watermelon. At The Well at Oxon Run, powered by DC Greens, program manager Charles Rominiyi, said they work to promote health equity by building a just and resilient food system.
PLANET FORWARD
Local farm helps improve food access in Washington, D.C.
Growing healthy food for the residents of D.C.’s Ward 8 is more than a job for the team at The Well at Oxon Run — it’s a passion.
MODERN HEALTHCARE
Food-Is-Medicine Programs Gain Speed Amid Funding Concerns
Food-is-medicine programs are spiking in popularity, with health systems, grocers and delivery services getting in on the action. But the efforts are far from hitting their stride.
WASHINGTON POST
At Bread for the City, doctors prescribe fresh fruit and veggies
An innovative program developed by DC Greens allows doctors from Bread for the City’s health clinic to prescribe fruits and vegetables to patients who are diagnosed with diabetes, hypertension or at risk of developing them.
AFRO NEWS
SNAP benefits to expand in 2024, alleviating struggles of D.C. residents
Many Washington, D.C. residents who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will soon see an increase in their monthly benefits.
THE DES
D.C. jail food is so rotten or processed that inmates throw two-thirds of it away, according to a new survey
According to a release of a DC Greens study on food insecurity in D.C. jails, study found that a vast majority of respondents reported being served inadequate food on an occasional to frequent basis.
WASHINGTON INFORMER
DC Greens Brings Fresh Produce to East of The River
Programs by DC Greens, a local non-profit organization advancing health equity through a “just and resilient” food system, bolster residents amid threats of closing grocery stores.
ABC7 (WJLA-TV)
"Food is health. Food is medicine. Food is a human right."
Watch DC Greens’ Luisa Furstenberg-Beckman speak with ABC 7 about the Food Is Medicine approach of our critical program, Produce Rx.
NBC WASHINGTON
Southeast D.C. farm cultivates fresh food access with monthly produce giveaway
DC Greens’ The Well at Oxon Run and Capital Area Food Bank team up to host monthly fresh-food giveaways.
PEPCO
DC Greens Among 2023 Pepco Sustainable Communities Grantees
Pepco and Sustainable Maryland Award Nine District of Columbia and Maryland Communities and Nonprofits $100,000 to Support Open Space and Resiliency Projects
WTOP NEWS
Your doctor wants you to eat healthy. You could even get a prescription for it
A study out this week in the American Heart Association’s Journal Circulation found that programs like DC Greens’ Produce Rx led to increased consumption of fruits and vegetables in low-income homes where affordability is often a barrier.
WASHINGTON INFORMER
Residents in Wards 7 and 8 Struggle with Food Insecurity Amid Grocery Store Shortage
Throughout the District, Bread for the City, DC Greens, and other organizations are providing services intended to lift barriers that often prevent District residents from enjoying nutritious meals.
Recent Press
- “SNAP benefits to expand in 2024, alleviating struggles of D.C. residents,” November 14, 2023,
- “D.C. jail food is sessed that ino rotten or procmates throw two-thirds of it away, according
to a new survey ” The Des, November 11, 2023 - “DC Greens Receives $10,000 Grant From Pepco Sustainable Maryland,” Pepco,
October 9, 2023. - Watch: “Food is health. Food is medicine. Food is a human right.” ABC 7,
September 22, 2023. - “Your doctor wants you to eat healthy. You could even get a prescription for it,” WTOP
News, August 29, 2023. - “Residents in Wards 7 and 8 Struggle with Food Insecurity Amid Grocery Store Shortage,
” Washington Informer, August 25, 2023.
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