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Creating a Nutritious and Equitable Food System
Overview
Feeding Change elevates Food Is Medicine (FIM) interventions to treat and prevent food insecurity and diet-related chronic disease, with an equity lens.
Catalyzing Action for Pharmacist-Provided Food Is Medicine Care
Our report provides background, insights, and actionable recommendations for pharmacies and key partners, including health-care payers and policymakers, to scale FIM interventions in their communities.
About Food Is Medicine
Feeding Change responds to emerging needs in the FIM landscape through research, thought leadership, policy, financing, and leadership of the Food Is Medicine Task Force.
Creating a Nutritious and Equitable Food System
Related Content
Perspectives on a Natural Capital Approach to Financing Food Systems Transformation
In September 2024, the Milken Institute released Insights on Investments in Food Systems Transformation: Pathways to COP30, which explored the state of food systems investing, the risks and benefits, and the challenges and opportunities.Read Report
Fighting Food Insecurity to Improve Health
When it comes to improving health, few opportunities are as obvious as Food Is Medicine (FIM). Nutritious food is essential to good health, and health-care organizations such as Centene are increasingly using FIM as a lever to drive better...Read Essay
Embrace Complexity
Disasters are complicated. The facts on the ground change quickly. Those changes can seem overwhelming, unless you’re ready for them. I talk all the time about embracing complexity, not running away from it. Our job is to transform...Read Essay
Transforming Health Outcomes Through Strategic Collaboration
Solving the complex challenges within our health-care system requires more than policy changes or technological advancements—it demands a deeper understanding of the social barriers individuals face. There is no one-size-fits-all solution.Read Essay
How Health Care Can Lead the Food Is Medicine Movement
Food and nutrition insecurity is a health issue far too big to ignore. Diet-related diseases are the leading cause of death in the US for adults. When people and communities lack access to affordable, healthy food, we see the impact in our...Read Essay
Rooted in Health: How Agriculture and Health Care Can Grow Together
With chronic diseases on the rise and millions struggling with food insecurity, access to fresh, nutrient-rich fruits and vegetables has become more critical than ever. The "Food is Health" movement is reshaping how we think about health...Read Essay
How Philanthropy Can Build Resilient Food Supply Chains
From the COVID-19 pandemic to geopolitical conflicts, and catastrophic steering failures on cargo ships, as reported by NPR and The New York Times, the world has seen how a weak link in a supply chain can have far-reaching consequences for...Read Article
Bridging Gaps to Improve Food Access and Convenience
Whether evaluating access to health care, transportation, or healthy foods, there is a disproportionate impact in underserved communities. For example, nearly 24 million people live in food deserts in the US, low-income communities located...Read Essay
Milken Institute Statement on Participation in White House Challenge to End Hunger and Build Healthy Communities
Washington, DC (February 27, 2024) – Food is Medicine (FIM) can help prevent and treat chronic diet-related diseases. However, the practice faces barriers to implementation in the current U.S. healthcare system. In an effort to build...Read ArticleImage
Paul Guequierre
Director, Strategic CommunicationsPaul Guequierre is the director of strategic communications. In this role, he works to increase the profile of Milken Institute in the media, raise the visibility of issues important to the organization and its stakeholders, and expand the Institute's digital presence.
Related Event Sessions
Transforming Food for a Healthier FutureGlobal Conference 2025
Part 1: A Conversation with US Secretary of Agriculture Tom VilsackFuture of Health Summit 2024
Part 2: Food as Engagement: Implications for Health and Access to CareFuture of Health Summit 2024
The Future of Food Retail2024 Global Conference Session
FoodRx Innovations: Financing, Technology, and Stakeholder Relationships2023 Future of Health Summit Session
Food Policy: From Farm Bill to Health Care | Part 2: Creating an Equitable, Nutritious, Sustainable, and Resilient Food System2023 Future of Health Summit Session
Food Is Medicine: Opportunities to Maximize, Expand, and Scale2022 Future of Health Summit Session
Building Resilient Food Systems: Applying Lessons from Disaster Response2022 Future of Health Summit Session
Closing Plenary: The Future of Food and Health | Part 1: US Senator Cory Booker2022 Future of Health Summit Session
Nourishing People and Planet: How Healthy, Sustainable Diets Can Save the World2022 Global Conference Session
Food Rx: Prescriptions for Your Plate2022 Global Conference Session
Power of Ideas
Creating Equitable Food Systems with Holistic, Data-Based SolutionsResearch and experience confirm that an equitable food system is driven by resilient enterprises.
Feedback, Ideation, and Iteration: The Key to Expanding Access to Food as MedicineTogether, we can ensure everyone has access to the nutritious food they need to live healthier lives.
Social Determinants of Health: It’s Always About the MoneyWe must be bolder and willing to leap beyond the status quo to uncover what truly moves the needle.
Why Food Democracy Matters in the Food Is Medicine MovementA poorly nourished community cannot effectively organize, but once fed and well, we can begin to envision and build a more just society.
Nutrition as Health: Advancing Food Is MedicineThe shift to value-based care will not be achieved unless sustainable models of social care delivery are implemented.
Business Council
Feeding Change is a team of food system experts within the Milken Institute who activate social and financial capital, engage policymakers and industry leaders, and convene key stakeholders to catalyze a more nutritious, sustainable, resilient, and equitable food system.