Serving Up Success: Chefs in Schools Transforming NYC’s Public School Lunches

Over the next two years, the 62 WITS chefs will reach all 1,200 public schools in NYC. The chefs have already begun training cafeteria staff, sampling recipes with students, and teaching students how to make the lunches.

Harvesting Health: The Role of Herbal Medicine in Food and Agriculture Systems

Herbal medicine experts discussed the growing interest in plant-based medicine, the role of herbal medicine in food systems, and the potential benefits these products can have on human and planetary health.

The Rockefeller Foundation and HHS Look to Accelerate the Adoption of Food is Medicine

The Rockefeller Foundation is committing an additional US$80 million to Food is Medicine programs.

VACS Is Going Back to Basics for a Climate Resilient Future

An initiative from the Special Envoy for Global Food Security aims to boost agricultural productivity and nutrition by developing diverse, climate-resilient crop varieties and building healthy soils.

Op-Ed | Food Systems Must Change, and Change Must Be Measured

Despite knowing what to do, governments often lacked the data to guide specific decisions or determine if actions were creating impact. Until now.

Op-Ed | Climate and Nutrition Can No Longer Be Ships That Pass In the Night

Climate champions may be missing opportunities to act by ignoring the nutrition space.

WIC Budget Cuts Threaten Vulnerable Families

Cuts would slash fruit and vegetable benefits for families and push eligible people onto waitlists.

Breaking Barriers: Advancing Food Is Medicine Solutions

A new report summarizes the key findings to advance food is medicine interventions, reduce food security, and improve healthy eating.

Google Joins Forces with Tufts University to Transform Nutrition

Google partners with the Food is Medicine Institute, marking a significant step in the national movement to prioritize the power of food in healthcare and public health systems.

Transforming Health with Food as Medicine in New York City

CHALK’s training program helps pediatric residents better understand social determinants of health and the importance of interdisciplinary intervention.

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