On September 8, 2026, RWJBarnabas Health opened the system’s sixth Food Farmacy at Monmouth Medical Center to provide patients with nutritious foods and individualized nutrition counseling from registered dietitians to support long-term health and well-being. The Food Farmacy offers fresh New Jersey-grown produce, refrigerated items and shelf-stable foods in addition to culturally relevant foods and recipes, and education focused on chronic disease prevention and management, including diabetes, heart disease and hypertension. The MMC Food Farmacy was made possible through RWJBarnabas Health’s partnership with Fulfill, a leader in food security for Monmouth and Ocean Counties. For more than four decades, Fulfill has been a leader in alleviating hunger and currently supports a network of nearly 300 food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, and other resource centers.
Located within the Alexander Pavillion at MMC, the Food Farmacy joins a network of five other Food Farmacies across Middlesex, Mercer, Hudson, Essex and now Monmouth Counties as part of RWJBarnabas Health’s Our Healthy Communities initiative. It also represents the system’s continued commitment and investment in Long Branch and the residents and communities served by MMC.
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