Local Food Pharmacy

We are building a new healthcare system in which regenerative, nutrient-dense food and support for patient change happen in the middle of the neighborhoods.

COMPLEX PROBLEMS

Food

SYSTEM

Health

SYSTEM

Social

SYSTEM

must be addressed together for a real Planetary Health Transformation in the 21st century

Rotterdam: Landscape Approach

🍔 50% OF ROTTERDAMERS ARE OVERWEIGHT

🍽️ 26% OF CITIZENS FROM DISADVANTAGED NEIGHBORHOODS SUFFER FROM FOOD INSECURITY

🥕 FRESH SUPPLY STORES DECLINED BY 38%

💊 19% OF ROTTERDAMERS HAVE DIABETES

🍟 FAST FOOD PROVIDERS INCREASED BY 57% IN THE LAST 15 YEARS IN POORER NEIGHBORHOODS

Health should be addressed where people are: in the neighborhoods

Food Pharmacy

Program designed to increase access to healthy, local food for patients with type 2 diabetes. It aims to manage the disease with food while supporting the food system transformation.

MEDICAL TESTS

Collecting biomedical data to measure the impact of the program

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HEALTH WORKSHOPS

Goal setting workshops with dietician to support the group journey

ORGANIC FOOD BOXES

Procuring local, seasonal food boxes to keep stable glucose level

DIETICIAN SUPPORT

Weekly coaching sessions with dietician to support the dietary change

Social Impact Bond: money that follows the impact

We are working on establishing a financial scheme that will maintain the sustainability of the Food Pharmacy. We want to be part of the economy that rewards impact and creates a healthier and safer society.

Impact Payer

We explore measuring the impact of Food Pharmacies, relevant to health insurance and municipalities.

Impact Provider

We aim to unite forces with other organizations active in lifestyle medicine to offer a range of solutions.

Impact Investor

After identifying impact payers we will open an investor round, to support the testing phase.

Partners

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Funders

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Join us in changing the system.

We are seeking pioneering funders who want to contribute to the creation of a new holistic system in which regenerative healthcare is connected with food as medicine programs.