Ron Samascott with his local apples at the Union Square Greenmarket in New York.

The city is teaming up with Wholesome Wave, hospitals and farm markets to pilot a fruit and vegetable prescription program .Mark Lennihan/AP

It was the Greeks who first counseled to let food be thy medicine. And, it seems, some doctors are taking this age-old advice to heart.

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via No Bitter Pill: Doctors Prescribe Fruits And Veggies : The Salt : NPR.