Teen farmers serve up prescription vegetables to Salemites in need

Valerie Schoening loves eating fresh fruit — and as a diabetic, she knows it’s important to get produce in her diet.

But the 60-year-old Salemite struggles sometimes to buy fresh at the grocery store, in part because she’s prone to fainting and falls which can render her unable to leave the house for several days.

Earlier this summer, her nutritionist at the Lancaster Family Health Center signed her up for a unique prescription — a…

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