How about something like this (I'm sure the details aren't quite correct):
We give EVERYONE (in the U.S.), a "vegetable" card as long as they keep their BMI below a certain age-sex appropriate level. For those of us who do so, our "veggie card" is worth $10 of organic root veggies / week and $10 of organic greens / week. This would cost the US about 200-300 billion / year, but my guess is that it would reduce our healthcare costs by much more than that.
It would also encourage growing organically and reducing pesticide use.
We give EVERYONE (in the U.S.), a "vegetable" card as long as they keep their BMI below a certain age-sex appropriate level. For those of us who do so, our "veggie card" is worth $10 of organic root veggies / week and $10 of organic greens / week. This would cost the US about 200-300 billion / year, but my guess is that it would reduce our healthcare costs by much more than that.
It would also encourage growing organically and reducing pesticide use.