Hosted by Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders and Grantmakers In Health.

Food is medicine is an approach to addressing nutrition and diet-related illnesses, ranging from produce prescription programs to medically tailored meals to screening for food insecurity in health care settings. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the growing recognition of the connection between health and nutrition security has opened new opportunities for philanthropy and its partners to work with health care systems to address a myriad of food-related issues. Join us for a funder briefing and conversation about policy opportunities and approaches to advance food is medicine that features funders who support this work and experts from the field working to increase the integration of specific food and nutrition interventions in our health care systems. Speakers include Merry Davis of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation, Diana Johnson of Rockefeller Foundation, Brent Ling of Wholesome Wave, and Maria Elena Rodriguez of DAISA Enterprises.

RESOURCES

• Policy platform from National Produce Prescription Collaborative
• NPPC Letter to the White House Conference with detailed policy recommendations
• Aspen Institute Report 
• Rural Toolkit 
• Produce Prescription Programs US Field Scan Report: 2010-2020
• Blue Cross NC Foundation Health Food Rx grantees
• Largest Produce Rx program in the country, Reinvestment Partners