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.
FDA Bans Red Dye No. 3 in Food and Drinks
Health advocates call the FDA’s decision to ban the dye a “critical step for protecting consumers.”
Op-Ed | New Dietary Guidelines Should Recognize Link Between Planetary and Human Health
Small changes to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans could have a big environmental impact.
From Research to Results: Building the Evidence Base to Tackle America’s Nutrition Crisis
Sub-optimal diets are threatening public health, the economy, and national security, presenting an opportunity for researchers to act.
Op-Ed | Feeding the Crisis: Agricultural Subsidies and the Rise of Ultra-Processed Diets
The U.S. government is spending billions of dollars in subsidies to make the unhealthy choice the cheapest choice.
Op-Ed | USDA Opens the Door to Climate-Friendly School Meals
New nutrition standards for child nutrition programs just released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture will give students a better chance of eating healthy, sustainable meals.