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Advancing Health Through Expanded Access to Pharmacy-Based Care
As the health system evolves to meet rising demand while grappling with workforce shortages, pharmacies are well-positioned to...
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Advancing Health Through Expanded Access to Pharmacy-Based Care
As the health system evolves to meet rising demand while grappling with workforce shortages, pharmacies are well-positioned to...
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Feeding Change activates social and financial capital, engages policymakers and industry leaders, and convenes key stakeholders to catalyze a more nutritious, sustainable, resilient, and equitable food system. Sitting at the intersection of issues impacting finance and health, Feeding Change is uniquely positioned to transform food systems and achieve better health outcomes.
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Focus Areas
Through our programs and focus areas, we collaborate with cross-sector stakeholders and experts, bring together influential changemakers, convene food leaders at Milken Institute events, advocate strongly for Food Is Medicine prescriptions and the continuum of care, champion the central role of food systems in addressing climate change, and explore how market-based innovations and public/private investment can address complex food systems challenges.
Building a Sustainable and Resilient Food System
Mobilizing global partnerships to address food systems as a climate issue.
Creating a Nutritious and Equitable Food System
Elevating Food Is Medicine (FIM) interventions to treat and prevent food insecurity and diet-related chronic disease.
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Leaders
Feeding Change Business Council
Feeding Change Business Council members are pivotal to moving forward our mission of catalyzing a more nutritious, sustainable, resilient, and equitable food system. Members provide critical insights through high visibility thought...
Learn moreFood Is Medicine
Food Is Medicine (FIM) interventions are a spectrum of programs and services that respond to the critical link between nutrition access and health within the healthcare system. FIM interventions include produce prescriptions, medically...
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Most Recent Content
Advancing Health Through Expanded Access to Pharmacy-Based Care
As the health system evolves to meet rising demand while grappling with workforce shortages, pharmacies are well-positioned to play a greater role in delivering high-quality, community-based care.Read Report
A Blueprint for Employer-Led Food as Health Strategies
Employers are increasingly recognizing how food can promote whole-person health by addressing physical well-being, resilience, disease prevention, and mental health.Read Report
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
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
Insights on Investments in Food Systems Transformation: Pathways to COP30
This brief synthesizes those conversations into four key themes related to the trends, challenges, and opportunities for public, private, and nonprofit capital to drive food systems transformation.Read Report
How Checking Out at the Register Could Help Solve Climate Change
Humanity has made significant progress in overcoming some of its greatest challenges, including disease, hunger, and poverty. However, climate change now threatens to reverse this hard-earned progress. Since the Paris Agreement in 2016, the...Read Essay
Valuing Nature Is an Economic Imperative
Nature has long been undervalued and misunderstood. The belief that nature exists to serve humankind is dangerous for the planet and people. A modern worldview of the importance of nature should take its cue from the findings of The...Read Essay
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
Decarbonization and the Path Towards Sustainable Food Systems2024 Asia Summit
Food Systems as an Asset Class2024 Global Conference Session
The Future of Food Retail2024 Global Conference Session
COP28 and Beyond: Food Systems Financing2023 Middle East and Africa 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
FoodRx Innovations: Financing, Technology, and Stakeholder Relationships2023 Future of Health Summit Session
Investing in Food Systems to Address Climate Change2023 Asia Summit Session
Transitioning to a Food Environment Built for Health2023 Global Conference Session
Closing Plenary: The Future of Food and Health Part 2: A Conversation with Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack2022 Future of Health Summit Session
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Our Team
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Ayodola Anise
Senior Director, Operations, Milken Institute Health
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Holly Freishtat
Senior Director, Feeding Change, Milken Institute Health
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Julia Hesse-Fong
Senior Associate, Feeding Change, Milken Institute Health
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Brenda Huneycutt
Senior Director, International, Milken Institute Health
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Shiprah Jamshaid
Executive Assistant, Milken Institute Health
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Esther Krofah
Executive Vice President, Milken Institute Health
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Anna Lin-Schweitzer
Associate Director, Feeding Change, Milken Institute Health
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Ilana Moreno
Associate Director, Feeding Change, Milken Institute Health
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Erika Stratmann
Director, Communications, Milken Institute Health
For More Information
If you would like more information on Feeding Change at the Milken Institute, please see our one-sheet or contact Holly Freishtat, Senior Director, Feeding Change at [email protected].