DALLAS, Sept. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Roots Food Group, a mission-driven know-how, healthcare, philanthropic and meals firm that believes in creating wholesome outcomes via ‘Meals is Drugs’, has signed a binding letter of intent with Be My Eyes to supply medically tailor-made meals to their neighborhood of 5M+ volunteers, blind and visually impaired people.
This settlement will present wholesome, chef and dietitian created Rfoodx medically tailor-made meals to be delivered on to the patron. These meals will likely be made obtainable for buy to the Be My Eyes neighborhood. Roots Meals Group may even work with and leverage the Be My Eyes award-winning know-how into its core choices of ‘Meals is Drugs’ as a differentiated instrument for the visually impaired and blind.
“Offering entry to wholesome, nutritious meal choices for our neighborhood is a big step ahead for our firm, neighborhood and mission,” stated Christian Erfurt, CEO of Be My Eyes. “There are such a lot of hurdles impeding blind and visually impaired folks from consuming healthfully. Accessibility obstacles in transportation, procuring, and labeling pose important challenges to the well being and wellness of the Be My Eyes neighborhood. As well as, this inhabitants is getting old, faces increased ranges of unemployment and is vulnerable to continual circumstances, together with a major inhabitants who encounter imaginative and prescient points as a consequence of Sort-2 Diabetes.”
“Power illness is prevalent, however because the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, folks, corporations, and healthcare organizations are altering how they view the significance of vitamin and ‘Meals is Drugs’. Populations at biggest danger are these with preexisting continual illnesses which makes the necessity for ‘Meals is Drugs‘ even larger,” stated Robert Jones, Founder/CEO of Roots Meals Group. “We’re lucky to additional our mission with partnerships and mission pushed corporations like Be My Eyes.”
‘Meals is Drugs’ refers to a spectrum of well being and wellness interventions that acknowledge and reply to the essential hyperlink between vitamin and continual illnesses. Interventions encompass healthful meals which can be tailor-made to fulfill the particular wants of people residing with or in danger for critical well being circumstances, equivalent to hypertension, diabetes, coronary heart illness, kidney illness and hypercholesterolemia.
ROOTS FOOD GROUP is a mission-driven know-how, healthcare, philanthropic and meals firm that believes in creating wholesome outcomes via ‘Meals is Drugs’. The corporate manufactures and distributes prime quality, earth made, medically tailor-made meals merchandise to healthcare corporations and affiliated programs, communities, and direct to the patron to deal with the epidemic of continual illness and different medical circumstances. www.RootsFoodGroup.com
BE MY EYES is a world neighborhood assist platform that connects people who find themselves blind or have low imaginative and prescient with sighted volunteers or firm representatives. On the app, volunteers help blind and low-vision customers via a stay video connection and work collectively to deal with challenges and deal with a variety of duties. With the Specialised Assist function, blind and low-vision customers can join with firm representatives for accessible buyer assist. The app harnesses the facility of generosity, know-how, and human connection to assist blind and low-vision folks lead extra impartial lives. Be My Eyes is accessible in additional than 150 international locations worldwide and in over 180 languages. The app is free and obtainable for each iOS and Android. www.bemyeyes.com
Contact:
Roots Meals Group
Nikki Pesusich
nikki@rootsfoodgroup.com
818.788.7650
Be My Eyes
Will Butler
will@bemyeyes.com
707.477.0418
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