
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.
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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
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Milken Institute Feeding Change Commitment of Support for the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health
Washington, D.C. – September 28, 2022 – Feeding Change, a program of the Milken Institute, commits to convening its private sector Food Is Medicine (FIM) Task Force to elevate, accelerate, and scale coverage and implementation of a range of...Read StatementImageHolly Freishtat
Senior Director, Feeding Change, Milken Institute HealthHolly Freishtat is the senior director of Feeding Change at the Milken Institute and leads the food systems portfolio.
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
- Transforming Health Outcomes Through Strategic CollaborationSolving 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.
- Fighting Food Insecurity to Improve HealthWhen it comes to improving health, few opportunities are as obvious as Food Is Medicine (FIM).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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.