103 | Improving Accessibility to Healthy Food with Ashely Tyrner of Farmbox Direct

Feel unsatisfied with the quality of produce in your nearest grocery store? Find grocery shopping a burden due to distance or incompatibility? Ashley highlights the origin of her passions for this company and emphasizes the connections between Farmbox Direct, and senior and pregnancy health care programs. She empathizes with the time constraints that come with being a Mom but truly values the importance of involving children in cooking activities. As the founder of Harlow’s harvest, Farmbox Direct now accommodates children, teaching them to cook in a healthy way through family activities. Coming 2022, Farmbox Direct's partnership with Harlow's Harvest aims to launch three kits for three different populations, enhancing the accessibility of produce. Finally, Ashley explains how to choose your best box and the differences between their organic and natural boxes. Rediscover grocery shopping with Ashley Tymer as she talks into Farmbox Direct’s mission of increasing accessibility of quality produce. 5 DAY FREE KNEE CHALLENGE! Whether you’ve had surgery, are fearing movement due to wear or tear, or feel pain when working out, from May 26 to May 30th, DocJen will educate you about the knees through emails and 10-15 minute actionable videos. Learn to assess, relieve pressure, mobilize, and safely load the knees! Share this FREE challenge with anyone who has knee pain, and embark on this journey to education about the KNEES! https://www.docjenfit.com/geniusknee/ What You Will Learn In This Interview with Ashley Tymer: 3:21 – Where Ashley’s passion comes from. 4:08 – The issue of accessibility 7:07 – Fast food popularization. 9:24 – Education about whole foods. 11:10 – Forms of education clients receive. 13:35 – Health Plans & Insurance. 16:37 – Children in the kitchen. 19:26  – Harlow’s Harvest. 22:30  – Farmbox Feedback Client Feedback. 24:25  – Personalization and Organic vs Natural Box 28:14  – Ashley’s last takeaway. 30:28  – Learn more about Ashley. About Ashley Tymer: Ashley Tyrner is a health & food-policy advocate, and the founder & CEO of Farmbox Direct, FarmboxRx, and Harlow’s Harvest. Having been a single mother on food stamps, Ashley has built Farmbox Direct with the goal of helping to eradicate the food desert problem that America faces. In her most recent efforts to enter the healthcare space, Ashley launched the first “Food as Medicine” initiative FarmboxRx. This division of Farmbox Direct was created to partner up with health insurance plans by offering members a box of fresh fruits and vegetables as a means to help combat the biggest health-related social need–food. Items mentioned in this episode include: Ashley’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/farmboxashley/ Farmbox Direct Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/farmboxdirect/ Farmbox Direct Website: https://www.farmboxdirect.com/ To learn more about Ashley and view full show notes, please visit the full website here: https://www.docjenfit.com/podcast/episode103/ Thank you so much for checking out this episode of The Optimal Body Podcast. If you haven’t done so already, please take a minute to subscribe and leave a quick rating and review of the show! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tobpodcast/message