1047 - Food Access at Your Neighborhood Y

About this episode: Connecting community members with nutritious foods can also open the door to other resources for improving wellbeing, from nutrition education to legal services to housing support. In this episode: Devonne Franklin and Shikera Shelton of the Y in Central Maryland talk about the organization's Fresh Mart program and how providing a good meal opens the door to improving community health outcomes. Guests: Devonne Franklin is the executive director of community and associate wellbeing at the Y in Central Maryland . Shikera Shelton is a member of the community health team at the Y in Central Maryland and manager of the Fresh Mart in Druid Hill. Host: Dr. Josh Sharfstein is distinguished professor of the practice in Health Policy and Management , a pediatrician, and former secretary of Maryland's Health Department. Show links and related content: Y Fresh Mart: Reliable Access to Healthy Food —Y in Central Maryland Get Involved —Y in Central Maryland What is Prediabetes —Public Health On Call (April 2026) Hidden Food Insecurity: The Adolescents Who Aren't Getting Enough to Eat —Public Health On Call (March 2024) Transcript information: Looking for episode transcripts? Open our podcast on the Apple Podcasts app (desktop or mobile) or the Spotify mobile app to access an auto-generated transcript of any episode. Closed captioning is also available for every episode on our YouTube channel. Contact us: Have a question about something you heard? Looking for a transcript? Want to suggest a topic or guest? Contact us via email or visit our website .

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1047 - Food Access at Your Neighborhood Y is an episode from Public Health On Call by The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

This episode is 14:08 long.

This episode was published on May 7, 2026.

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