Order Up! A Conversation with Lauren Driscoll, founder and CEO of NourishedRx
Lauren Driscoll is building a healthier future: one meal, one family, and one community at a time.
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Nourishing Families, Transforming Care: Lauren Driscoll and NourishedRx are closing care gaps and redefining what it means to nourish families with dignity.
When Lauren Driscoll talks about food, she’s not just thinking about what’s for dinner—she’s thinking about how nutrition can change lives. As the founder of NourishedRx and a mom, she’s made it her mission to make nutrition accessible to everyone, especially those navigating health challenges or limited resources. Her company partners with health plans and communities across the country to help families get the food and support they need to thrive. It’s work that blends heart, health, and real-world impact—and it all starts with one shared value: food should be a source of care.
For Lauren, food and food systems are directly related to health outcomes. In our conversation, she reflects on the moments that shaped her understanding of nourishment, from family dinners to her work building systems that help people eat well no matter their circumstances. Her approach combines empathy with action, transforming something as personal as mealtime into a foundation for better health and stronger communities.
At One Potato, we’ve always believed that feeding our families is about more than the food itself; it’s about care, culture, and the quiet rituals that hold us together. Lauren’s work takes that same philosophy and expands it outward, reminding us that every act of nourishment, whether at home or on a community scale, is a way of saying: we see you, and you matter.
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A Conversation with Lauren Driscoll
Introduce Yourself: I’m Lauren Driscoll, the founder and CEO of NourishedRx. With a background in healthcare, I come at food and nutrition from that lens—how we can use food to drive better health outcomes. I have two sons, and they are all grown up now, living in New York City!
I’ve worked in policy, managed care, and consulting, mostly focused on vulnerable populations. Over the years, I became convinced that of all the social drivers of health—like housing, transportation, or income—nutrition is the most actionable and impactful. I saw so much unnecessary suffering from diet-related disease, especially diabetes, and it really stayed with me.
