Experts Highlight the Power of Food to Improve Metabolic and Mental Health

“There’s a handful of policies that we could enact to both improve the science and improve the food right now for Americans.”

Can Better Food Policy Improve Our Memories, Moods, and Metabolisms?

Join Food Tank on Capitol Hill as we talk about the science helping us understand the powerful connections between nutrition and nearly every component of human health.

Op-Ed | The Food System Is Driving Two Crises at Once—and Could Help Solve Both

Meaningful progress on both climate and public health will require addressing some of the same upstream drivers.

Federal Judge Blocks SNAP Waivers in Five States

Evidence shows that SNAP recipients’ diet quality is similar to other Americans.

How Culinary Medicine Could Transform Healthcare: Q&A with Dr. Timothy Harlan on Bringing the Kitchen into Medical Education

For years, medicine and food existed in parallel worlds: one focused on disease, the other on culture and flavor. Dr. Timothy Harlan has spent his career bridging that divide.

Op-Ed | From Comfort to Climate: Why What We Eat Matters for the Planet

Nobody is imposing new eating rules or taking the pleasure out of food. It’s about adaptation.

How Obesity and GLP-1s Are Reshaping Food and Public Health

Can drugs like Ozempic help us rethink the forces driving the obesity epidemic?

Op-Ed | Freedom to Choose What to Eat—and the Power to Build a Better Food Future

Science shows we have the tools to feed a growing population without destroying the planet.

Cutting Through the Noise on Food and Climate: Q&A with Jonathan Kung

Jonathan Kung talks about being a third culture cook, combatting misinformation, and plugging into local, grassroots communities to drive change.

Food Is Medicine and the Future of Care Delivery

Food Is Medicine is changing how future doctors are trained, encouraging healthcare providers to center nutrition as they work with patients to address diet-related diseases.

Designing Dietary Guidance for Everyone: Q&A with Sameera Talegawkar

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans influence everything from school meals to nutrition education. What does it take to make them work for all eaters?

Op-Ed | Exploring a Just Transition for Livestock Agriculture and Cellular Agriculture

Regenerative livestock farming, cellular agriculture, and precision fermentation each play a role in strengthening the food supply.

Let’s Go to Capitol Hill to Create Action on Food Is Medicine!

Food has incredible power to help us address complex challenges—especially when we consider how transformative Food is Medicine can be.

An Investment in Food Systems Is an Investment in Health

Food is Medicine programs, when designed effectively, can improve eaters’ health, support farmers, and advance nutrition equity.

Transforming Health Through Food: The Role of Education, Access, and Environment

Food is medicine and eating for health go beyond the doctor’s office—learn how equity and environment impact wellbeing.

Could Eating Well Save Our Lives?

Illnesses caused by poor dietary health contribute to millions of deaths each year.

New Food is Medicine Network Aims to Transform Healthcare

A new national network is working to make food a standard part of healthcare, tackling chronic disease and improving patient outcomes through nutrition.

21 New Books to Inspire the Movement for Sustainable Food Systems

These 21 books dig deep into the complexities of food, farming, and climate—offering insights for a better future.

These Crops Can Help Us Diversify the World’s Diet

Get to know some of the opportunity crops that can help us future-proof the food system.