Food is Medicine Coalition

November is dedicated to #Alzheimer's Disease Awareness to heighten awareness of the 6.2 million Americans living with the condition.  🥑The MIND (Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay) Diet comprises of certain foods to eat that are known to promote brain and heart health. Learn more about the MIND Diet and how FIMC agency Open Hand Atlanta is teaching MIND Diet principles to groups most susceptible to cognitive decline in metro Atlanta and across the state of Georgia.  Read more on our blog! 👉 https://bit.ly/48JqQEr

FIMC agencies advance equity of access by offering high quality medically tailored meals and groceries to community members who need them, regardless of their ability to pay and free of charge, in addition to leading the field in policy, research and best practices.   💚It is more important than ever that we support and strengthen nonprofit providers at this critical juncture in the food is medicine movement.  Please consider a recurring donation to sustain our Coalition! https://bit.ly/3XXB7tm #foodismedicine

❤️ The Health Care X Food (HCXF) initiative - a program of the The Rockefeller Foundation and the American Heart Association - recently held a Systemic Convening in New York.     Three FIMC agencies - Project Open Hand, Community Servings, and God's Love We Deliver - along with their academic partners, were awarded research grants in the first round of this transformative initiative.     👉 Watch Kelly V. Naranjo, manager of research and evaluation at FIMC agency God’s Love We Deliver and FIMC Research Committee Chair, speak about the impact of receiving the HCXF grant at FIMC agency God’s Love We Deliver.     #foodismedicine 

This Veterans Day, we honor the strength and resilience of Veterans like Bobby, a client of FIMC agency God's Love We Deliver and a participant in their CONNECTED program. This program is a free service provided for former U.S. Military Service Members to receive medically tailored meals, education modules and supplemental services. Today, we thank all Veterans for their courage, commitment and inspiration. #veteransday #foodismedicine

Today, we salute our nation’s Veteran’s for their service. FIMC is honored to support former service members nationwide at many of our agencies, providing #medicallytailoredmeals, nutrition education, and other services for Veteran’s with severe, complex, and chronic disease. Two FIMC agencies serving Veterans are God's Love We Deliver and Feeding Tampa Bay. ⁠ ❤️The Connected program at God’s Love We Deliver is a free service provided for former U.S. Military Service Members to receive medically tailored meals, education modules and supplemental services. ⁠ ❤️Feeding Tampa Bay, in partnership with USAA, provides Veterans with fresh and nutritious food through their Groceries on The Go program.⁠ ⁠ #foodismedicine #MTMs

Our Executive Director Alissa Wassung recently joined the FoodNiche® Changemakers podcast to share more about how the Food is Medicine Coalition is tapping into the power of food to help manage diseases and support individuals with chronic illnesses. 🎙️Listen now! https://bit.ly/4hGMsFC #foodismedicine

We are beyond grateful to announce a $400,000 investment from Elevance Health Foundation to launch a pilot program to expand access to medically tailored meals (MTMs) and nutrition services for hundreds of individuals with diabetes in Colorado and California via FIMC agencies Project Angel Heart and Project Angel Food over the next two years.    Read more on our blog➡️https://bit.ly/3UtCo9a #foodismedicine

We're thrilled our own Cate Hensley spoke recently at the Florida Health & Nutrition Coalition! Cate joined esteemed colleagues in #foodismedicine policy, including Sara Raza at Harvard Law School Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, to discuss definitions in the field, securing funding for food is medicine programs, and opportunities for advocacy in the year ahead. 🎯The panel featured the Food is Medicine: State Medicaid Policy Toolkit and the FIMC MTM Accreditation Criteria and Requirements as resources to leverage nationwide! https://bit.ly/3W7vfeB

Harvard Law School Food Law & Policy Clinical released their latest newsletter, which highlights recent publications across Harvard Law, including the Food is Medicine: A State Medicaid Policy Toolkit co-authored by FIMC. ➡️Read the newsletter: https://bit.ly/4f8NSqB

The National Institutes of Health Office of Nutrition Research recently celebrated the 2-year anniversary of the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health at a special event held at the National Museum of the American Indian, Rasmuson Theater. A fitting setting to mark this momentous milestone and the progress to end hunger and reduce diet-related disease! #IndigenousPeoplesDay is a time to honor and learn from the rich heritage and knowledge of Indigenous peoples, celebrating and uplifting traditional wisdom about food and health. https://bit.ly/3UuuZ9J