Food is Medicine and Eating for Health

Join Food Tank and the Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation for "Food is Medicine and Eating for Health" as part of Climate Week NYC to explore the power of nutrition to transform health across all stages of life. This event brings together leading voices in food, public health, and community development to examine how access to nutritious food can improve health outcomes, reduce medical costs, and strengthen communities. From adolescence through adulthood, we’ll discuss how a food-forward healthcare model can offer hope and healing across generations. Confirmed speakers include Grace Young, James Beard Award-Winning Cookbook Author, Food Historian, and Chinatown Advocate; Marcel Van Ooyen, President and CEO, GrowNYC; Nancy Easton, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Wellness in the Schools; Jilly Stephens, Chief Executive Officer, City Harvest; Leslie Gordon, President & CEO, Food Bank For New York City; Robert Graham, Co-Founder, FRESH Med; Tanya Fields, Executive Director, The BLK Projek; Kathleen Finlay, President, Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming; Christine Going, Senior Advisor, Food Security Program Office within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Lyndsey Waugh, Executive Director, Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation; Shanon Morris, Chief of Programs, Harlem Grown; A-dae Romero-Briones, Director of Programs, Native Agriculture & Food Systems, First Nations Development Institute; Charles Platkin, Executive Director, Center for Food as Medicine & Longevity, Co-Founder and Director, MedicalBx; Dr. Geeta Maker-Clark, Director of Integrative Nutrition and Advocacy, NorthShore University HealthSystem; Stacey Vanek Smith, Senior Story Editor and Co-Host “Everybody's Business” Podcast, Bloomberg; Dana Cowin, an award-winning journalist, and former Editor-in-Chief of Food & Wine and founder of Progressive Hedonist.