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Food is medicine. This week’s guest on Found is Ashely Tyrner, the CEO and founder of  FarmboxRx () which helps their customers manage their chronic diseases through bespoke grocery boxes  In this episode, Becca, Dom, and Ashley get into the logistics  of delivering fresh produce to their member and how they have become profitable while…

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Food is medicine. This week’s guest on Found is Ashely Tyrner, the CEO and founder of  FarmboxRx () which helps their customers manage their chronic diseases through bespoke grocery boxes  In this episode, Becca, Dom, and Ashley get into the logistics  of delivering fresh produce to their member and how they have become profitable while accepting SNAP/EBT and partnering with health plans. 

In this conversation they cover:

• How Ashley’s experience living in a food desert inspired this company
• The struggle to fundraise despite growing and increasing revenue
• How the company is using behavioral science to help their members take actions that will improve their health.

(0:00) Introduction

(2:12) Food as medicine

(7:07) Grocery logistics with fresh produce

(9:27) Working with health plans

(15:13) Bootstrapping a capital-heavy business

(20:48) Distribution and logistics

(22:48) Ashley’s leadership style

(28:15) COvid’s impact on online grocery

(31:49) Fundraising challenges

(35:48) Host discussion

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We’ve got some theories on what Trevor Noah will help the brand announce this Wednesday at the Made By Google event (namely, the Pixel 11.) CNET Senior Mobile Editor Mike Sorrentino unfolds his thoughts. Watch live with us on August 12 right here on YouTube. Video Credits: Host: Mike Sorrentino Scripted by: Mike Sorrentino Videographer:…

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Spider-Man shoots webs + flies through NYC, but it’s his human traits that make him memorable #TED

As the creator of a large chunk of the Marvel Universe, Stan Lee knows a thing or two about conjuring new superheroes from thin air.

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“To My Bones” / “As the River Flows” / “In Dictum” | Wallis Bird | TED

Musician Wallis Bird performs three genre-bending songs with carefully crafted lyrics that weave themes of grief and societal struggle. The result is raw, roaring and deeply moving. (With singer Tracey Kelleher and followed by a note from TED guest curator Jacob Collier) (Recorded at TED2026 on April 15, 2026) Join us in person at a…

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