Yesenia of the Samaritan House Medical Clinic with donations from GROW San Mateo gardeners Welcome to GROW San Mateo! The GROW San Mateo project started as a volunteer beautification project and has evolved into a local network of gardeners & backyard fruit foragers who generously donate produce to support the Samaritan House Food Pharmacy. Prior to the COVID pandemic, Food Pharmacy clients were challenged with health issues linked to food consumption - like diabetes, obesity and hypertension. As we've seen, the virus has been disproportionately brutal on people with these health conditions. This goes beyond food insecurity to actual "nutrition" insecurity - a challenge to not only provide a sufficient quantity of food, but to change eating habits. At the Food Pharmacy, nutritious food is a form of treatment. As gardeners, we never grow just the right amount. There's always something to share - maybe not a basketful - but a tomato, a couple of zucchini. The G