Rochelle Bellin
PRx and Food Systems Manager
(she, her, hers)
As PRx and Food Systems Manager, Rochelle supports organizations across the country to strategically explore, design, seek funding for, implement and evaluate Produce Prescription Programs. Prior to this role, Rochelle served as the Deputy Director of Just Roots, a farm-based food justice organization in Western Massachusetts. Over the course of eight years, Rochelle designed food- and land-based programming in collaboration with community members and community partners with the explicit goals of building a more equitable and local food system, improving individual health and food security, and generating a culture of inclusion and strength through celebrating the diversity of community identities.
During this time, Rochelle co-designed and led a two-year clinical research study on Just Roots’ CSA program in collaboration with Dr. Seth Berkowitz. This launched Just Roots into the Produce Prescription field in 2018. Working closely with a range of community members, teammates, healthcare partners, farmers, IT developers, lawyers, accountants, and HR specialists, Rochelle co-developed the Produce Prescription CSA model at Just Roots, and built out the administrative backbone for the organization in order to support its statewide expansion. The Just Roots Produce Prescription program now serves over 400 patients across Massachusetts through over a dozen healthcare practices.
Before shifting her focus to the people side of food justice work in 2014, Rochelle managed and worked on farms in Massachusetts, Virginia, California, and Argentina. She LOVES to cook and eat with people, and would be THRILLED if you invited yourself to her house for dinner.
PRx and Food Systems Manager
(she, her, hers)
As PRx and Food Systems Manager, Rochelle supports organizations across the country to strategically explore, design, seek funding for, implement and evaluate Produce Prescription Programs. Prior to this role, Rochelle served as the Deputy Director of Just Roots, a farm-based food justice organization in Western Massachusetts. Over the course of eight years, Rochelle designed food- and land-based programming in collaboration with community members and community partners with the explicit goals of building a more equitable and local food system, improving individual health and food security, and generating a culture of inclusion and strength through celebrating the diversity of community identities.
During this time, Rochelle co-designed and led a two-year clinical research study on Just Roots’ CSA program in collaboration with Dr. Seth Berkowitz. This launched Just Roots into the Produce Prescription field in 2018. Working closely with a range of community members, teammates, healthcare partners, farmers, IT developers, lawyers, accountants, and HR specialists, Rochelle co-developed the Produce Prescription CSA model at Just Roots, and built out the administrative backbone for the organization in order to support its statewide expansion. The Just Roots Produce Prescription program now serves over 400 patients across Massachusetts through over a dozen healthcare practices.
Before shifting her focus to the people side of food justice work in 2014, Rochelle managed and worked on farms in Massachusetts, Virginia, California, and Argentina. She LOVES to cook and eat with people, and would be THRILLED if you invited yourself to her house for dinner.