Rockefeller Foundation Invests $3.5 Million To Support American Farmers, Improve Nutrition & Address Chronic Disease

The Rockefeller Foundation announced today $3.5 million to expand and strengthen Food is Medicine (FIM) programs across the United States in collaboration with 4P Foods, Adelante Mujeres, Alameda County Recipe4Health, Community Servings, Harvard University’s Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, Hawaii Good Food Alliance, and Tufts University’s Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. As part of The Rockefeller Foundation’s $100 million FIM commitment, these grants will advance research, while supporting small and mid-scale U.S. farmers, improving health outcomes for people with chronic disease, and mitigating rising health care costs in communities in California, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. In addition, funding will support state-based efforts nationwide to include FIM interventions as a medically covered benefit under Medicaid programs.

“I have seen firsthand how some of The Rockefeller Foundation’s partners are growing and distributing nutritious food for produce prescriptions and medically tailored meals to support health outcomes for patients with chronic diseases,” said Elizabeth Yee, Executive Vice President of Programs, The Rockefeller Foundation. “By sourcing food locally, these Food is Medicine programs are improving health outcomes, while also improving livelihoods for farmers and supporting economic development in their communities.”

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