The Fresh Start program takes works with governments, civil society groups, researchers, and emerging young leaders to promote policies that tackles unhealthy diets, which results in 678,000 deaths each year in the U.S., due to nutrition and obesity-related diseases, such as heart disease, cancer, and type 2 diabetes.

These devastating consequences of unequal food access hits communities of color the hardest. African Americans and Hispanics are twice as likely as whites to have diabetes (13.2 percent and 12.9 percent, respectively, compared to 7.6 percent of whites).

If this trend continues, by the year of 2050, 30% of African Americans and 50% of Hispanics will have diabetes. Left untreated or poorly managed, diabetes can cause kidney damage, blindness, and poor circulation, which in turn can lead to lower-limb amputations, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases.

TecFarms is combating this disease head on by provide health vegetibles to the under-served communities, low income and most vulnerable neighborhoods. We donate healthy vegetables we grow in order to foster healthy nutritional, physical and lifestyle options, towards breaking down mental, emotional, social and physical challenges.