Wholesome Wave created Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Programs (FVRx) in 2010 to help patients at risk of diet-related illness that can’t afford or access fresh/healthy food. With FVRx, participating clinics issue prescribe vouchers to food-insecure patients, which they will then redeem at local food retailers such as grocery stores and farmers markets.
The New Brunswick Community Food Alliance (NBCFA) launched in 2012 to improve community food security with a vision that “All City residents have access to adequate amounts of nutritious, safe, affordable, and culturally appropriate food at all times and in socially...
Food insecurity, food accessibility, and food deserts have generated national concern as social justice issues. To combat these injustices, groups from across North America have created mobile food markets. A modern-day mobile market established in West...
The 2013 Voorhees Fellows worked with Elijah’s Promise to prepare a farm-to-freezer guide. Elijah’s Promise asked the Fellows to create a guide to illustrate how and why Elijah’s Promise processes and freezes fresh food. EP freezes fresh food to save money by...
Elijah’s Promise and the Ralph W. Voorhees Center partnered to enhance community food security and food-related community economic development. With a Rutgers University Community University Research Partnership grant, teams of students, faculty, community residents,...
Community gardening efforts blossom in New Brunswick as the newly-formed New Brunswick Community Gardening Coalition expands its collaborative mission to share resources, build neighborhood ties, and promote food security throughout New Brunswick, NJ. In her final...
Graduate students and undergraduate Ralph W. Voorhees Fellows worked with Elijah’s Promise, a New Brunswick community-based organization that seeks to alleviate poverty and hunger by providing job training, small business development, education, jobs, and services....
This year, five Ralph W. Voorhees Public Service Fellows worked with Keith Jones and Edmund DeVeaux, City of New Brunswick Division of Human and Community Resources; Joe Light and Jim Kershner, Emanuel Lutheran Church; Manuel J. Castañeda, New Brunswick Tomorrow, and...
This report examines patterns of home purchase and improvement mortgage originations, applications, and denials in Camden from 2018-2022, with some looks back to 2004 using Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data. The report provides a brief introduction to Camden....
The RU Engaged Faculty Community of Practice launched its new web page! RU Engaged is a Chancellor-funded effort to support community engaged teaching and learning. The project, led by Cara Cuite and Kathe Newman, includes the creation of a faculty community of those...
The Voorhees Center Biannual Report (January - June 2026) takes a retrospective look at our incredible research associates, affiliated faculty, research and more.