FOOD AS MEDICINE SOLUTION FAQs
Learn how Capital City Fruit helps organizations design, pack, fulfill, and deliver Food as Medicine solutions.
Understanding Food as Medicine
What is Food as Medicine?
Food as Medicine uses real, nutritious food to support health and address diet-related needs. Solutions may include medically tailored groceries, produce prescriptions, medically supportive food, and other nutrition-focused services.
Who can benefit from a Food as Medicine solution?
Food as Medicine solutions can support people whose health or access to nutritious food is affected by diet. This may include people managing diabetes, heart or kidney conditions, pregnancy-related nutrition needs, food insecurity, and other health concerns.
What organizations use Food as Medicine solutions?
Health plans, healthcare providers, hospitals, community organizations, nonprofits, and government agencies use Food as Medicine solutions. These solutions help organizations provide real, nutritious food to the people they serve.
Boxes and Customization
What can be included in a Food as Medicine box?
A Food as Medicine box can include fresh produce, pantry staples, proteins, culturally familiar foods, and approved essentials. Contents are selected around your goals, audience, budget, and nutrition requirements.
Can Food as Medicine solutions be customized?
Yes. Capital City Fruit can customize box contents, quantities, pack styles, delivery schedules, and other solution details. As the Food as Medicine industry evolves, we continue adapting our approach to support your organization’s goals and the people you serve.
Can food boxes support specific health needs?
Yes. Food boxes can be built around nutrition guidelines provided by your clinical or solution team. This may include boxes designed to support diabetes, heart health, kidney health, pregnancy, and other defined needs.
Can boxes include culturally familiar foods?
Yes. Food as Medicine boxes can include foods that reflect participants’ cultures, preferences, and cooking habits. Product selection depends on availability, budget, nutrition guidelines, and solution requirements
Can one box include fresh and shelf-stable foods?
Yes. One box can combine fresh produce with shelf-stable pantry items, proteins, and approved essentials. Capital City Fruit plans the packing and delivery process around the needs of each product.
Can Food as Medicine boxes include items beyond food?
Yes. Boxes can include approved items such as diapers, household basics, educational materials, and other essentials. Available items and shipping requirements may vary.
Fulfillment and Delivery
What Food as Medicine fulfillment solutions does Capital City Fruit provide?
Capital City Fruit supports sourcing, box planning, packing, fulfillment, and delivery. This gives your organization one partner from the first planning conversation through delivery to participants’ front doors.
Where does Capital City Fruit deliver Food as Medicine boxes?
Capital City Fruit can deliver Food as Medicine boxes throughout the 48 contiguous United States. Our fulfillment network helps organizations reach participants across a wide delivery area.
Can you deliver Food as Medicine boxes directly to participants?
Yes. Capital City Fruit can pack and ship Food as Medicine boxes directly to participants’ homes. Deliveries follow your approved participant list, schedule, and solution requirements.
Planning a Solution
Can Capital City Fruit support a Food as Medicine pilot?
Yes. A pilot can help test box contents, packing, delivery, and the participant experience before a larger rollout. We help your organization create a practical starting point based on your goals and budget.
What information is needed to design a Food as Medicine solution?
We start with your audience, goals, budget, box requirements, delivery area, and timeline. Our team then helps shape a Food as Medicine solution around your organization and the people you serve.
How can my organization get started?
Contact the Capital City Fruit Food as Medicine team to discuss your audience, goals, budget, and delivery needs. Email FoodHealth@CapitalCityFruit.com or call 515-981-5111 to start building your solution.
Have questions? Call 515-981-5111 and ask to speak with a Food as Medicine representative.