Expanding local Food is Medicine (FIM) solutions across the country could also create 316,000 new jobs and generate $5.6 billion in annual revenue for America's small and mid-sized farms, showing that ...

Small and mid-sized farmers could reap $5.6 billion in additional revenue a year if Food is Medicine programs were large enough to reach all the Americans who need them, a new report from the ...

About 27% of Afghanistan and Iraq war veterans are food insecure, according to research from Cambridge University Press. The prevalence of diabetes is about 5% higher among U.S. veterans compared to ...

Herman Johnson never imagined that something as simple as fruits and vegetables could change his life. A retired Army veteran from Houston, Texas, Johnson had struggled with weight issues for years, ...

When Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller championed the passage of the harsh New York drug statutes bearing his name in May 1973, the liberal Republican sought to burnish his national crime-fighting ...

The details of how the latest Rockefeller reforms will affect the state’s 175 drug courts are still up in the air, but what happens every day in Brooklyn Treatment Court might be the model. People ...

A 14-term Democrat from Western New York, he sponsored financial reforms to aid consumers and pressed Washington to protect Americans from environmental hazards. By Sam Roberts The opioid epidemic is ...

In 1972, Gov. Nelson Rockefeller persuaded the legislature to enact his draconian "drug laws." That was part of his failed quest to be president, wanting to appear "tough on crime" to offset his ...