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Providing Food Assistance During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of a Free Produce Market at a Health Care Center
- Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 32, Number 4, November 2021
- pp. 2258-2266
- 10.1353/hpu.2021.0198
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Summary:
The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened economic precarity and nearly doubled food insecurity in the United States. We describe how a free produce market at a Massachusetts health center adapted to exponentially increase its reach and offerings while continuing to safely distribute food to a low-income community during the pandemic.