From a large paper bag, Maria Tunon pulls out a crispy bunch of red leaf lettuce, quarts of local cherries and potatoes, and fresh orange peppers, apples and cobs of corn.
“It’s nice quality and not expensive,” Tunon said, smiling.
Salad is on the menu tonight, she said, as prescribed.
Community development worker Leah Jenzen runs FVRx program and sometimes adds to the boxes of produce grown in Compass Community Health’s garden. (Samantha Beattie/CBC)
Tunon is one of 30 Hamilton residents who are part of Compass Community Health’s FVRx program and receive a prescription for a produce box every other week.
The program is the
