Food is Medicine and Eating for Health — Free Webinar Series by Food Tank
Published: April 24, 2025; Aithor: Julia Sonrisa
Join Food Tank and The Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation for the two-part virtual Webinar Series, “Food is Medicine and Eating for Health,” on April 30th and May 1st.
This virtual series will bring together renowned Food is Medicine thought leaders, medical professionals, chefs, and more for a dynamic moderated conversation on eating for health.
Confirmed speakers include (in alphabetical order):
- Erika Allen, CEO, Urban Growers Collective
- Dr. Kofi Essel, Director of Food as Medicine, Elevance Health
- Rachel Fisher, Senior Advisor and Food is Medicine Co-lead, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
- Katie Garfield, Director of Whole Person Care, Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School
- Devon Klatell, Vice President, Food Initiative, The Rockefeller Foundation
- Kathleen Merrigan, Executive Director, Arizona State University Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems
- Radha Muthiah, CEO, Capital Area Food Bank
- Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank
- Sean Sherman, Oglala Lakota Sioux Chef and Founder, North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems (NATIFS)
- Tambra Raye Stevenson, award-winning nutrition advocate, author, and food policymaker
- A-dae Romero-Briones, Vice President, Policy & Research, Native Agriculture and Food Systems Investments, First Nations Development Institute
- Alice Waters, American Chef, Restaurateur, Food Writer, and Author
- Lyndsey Waugh, Executive Director, Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation
And many more to be announced soon!
This Webinar will be held over Zoom. To register for one or both days, please complete the registration form here. You will receive reminders and a unique link to access the webinar before the event.
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Time: 11:00 am — 12:00 pm EST
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