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Transforming Health Through Community Initiatives

Explore our innovative Community Food Pharmacy Program, dedicated to addressing food insecurity and promoting health equity. Discover how we integrate nutritious food into medical care to manage chronic diseases and improve overall well-being.

Non-Profit Programs

You Are Food Farmacy

A Shepherd’s Gate Health Program

Food is medicine. People are worthy. Communities can thrive.

You Are Food Farmacy is Shepherd’s Gate Health’s community-based Food is Medicine program, created to address food insecurity while supporting the prevention and management of chronic disease across the Charlotte Metro, York County, and Lancaster County.

More than a name, You Are Food Farmacy reflects a triple meaning that defines both our approach and our culture:

• You are what you eat — nourishing food plays a vital role in health, healing, and prevention.

• You Are — an affirmation spoken over every participant, recognizing dignity, worth, and hope.

• You Are — a place; a welcoming, trusted community space where food, care, and connection come together.

Our Vision in Action

Shepherd’s Gate Health exists to advance a simple but powerful vision:

“We envision a world where food is recognized as nourishing medicine that promotes health and prevents disease, every person is affirmed in their worth, and communities are empowered to thrive in health and wholeness.”

You Are Food Farmacy brings this vision to life by addressing both physical nourishment and human dignity—because health equity requires more than calories; it requires care.

Serving Our Community

You Are Food Farmacy operates through community-based satellite food pharmacies across York and Lancaster counties, reducing barriers to access by meeting people where they already live, worship, and gather.

Current Location

The Mercantile

📍 153 E White Street, Rock Hill, SC 

The Mercantile serves as a central hub for food prescription distribution, education, and community partnership.

Get Involved

The impact of You Are Food Farmacy is made possible through community partnership and generosity.

• Volunteer — Support packing, distribution, education, and outreach

• Donate — Help fund food prescriptions and coaching for neighbors in need

• Partner — Clinics, churches, and organizations are invited to collaborate

Together, we can reduce food insecurity, improve health outcomes, and build stronger, healthier communities.


Reach out to learn how you can support You Are Food Farmacy.