Why Attend

Why Should You Attend The Food as Medicine: Policy and Research Summit?

1) Be Part of the Industry-Defining Conversations: The crucial conversations happen at The Food as Medicine Summits, and this is your chance to hear, contribute, and take these home around the most pressing policy and research-related challenges and opportunities.

2) Decipher the Current and Upcoming Political Landscape: Tap into the minds of policy movers and shakers as we discuss the latest changes to Food as Medicine policy, primary goals, and broader implications, and the future of state and federal collaboration. 

3) Uncover Results from the Latest Industry-Leading Studies: Get access to the latest and greatest research study results in Food as Medicine. Understand how this work was executed, implemented, and scaled, whilst also hearing about the different funding mechanisms in place across the field.

4) Tangible Takeaways: The agenda is specifically designed with your learning and outcomes of the event in mind. This year, we have a specific focus on providing real, tangible takeaways for the audience to ensure there is immediate and long-term impact from this installment.

5) Peer-to-Peer Discussions: The targeted audience size and onsite formats will ensure that all your interactions onsite have the potential to be genuinely impactful. Get hands-on with topics and spend quality time with industry leaders and those progressing along their Food as Medicine journey to help take your work to the next level.

What is Food as Medicine?

Food as Medicine approaches are food-based interventions to help manage, treat, and ultimately, prevent diet-related conditions and diseases. Examples of approaches include medically-tailored meals, produce prescriptions, and the overall access to healthy, nutritious foods. The Food as Medicine field consists of healthcare providers, community-based organizations, food brands, health plans, retailers, government officials, and more, all of whom are working to accelerate these approaches into the hands of those who need them most.