Mission
The Connecticut Food As Medicine Alliance is dedicated to facilitating the transformation of community health through sustainable and equitable access to nutritious food through healthcare.
We unite healthcare providers, community organizations, food systems and agricultural leaders, researchers, policymakers, and those with lived experience. By integrating food into healthcare, we aim to prevent, manage and reduce and manage chronic disease, improve wellness and health, reduce healthcare costs, and build resilient, healthy communities.
Strategic Areas
Research and best practices: Advance best practices, develop evidence base and ensure it’s use in Implementation, Research, and Evaluation of FAM programming in CT.
Policy and advocacy: Drive state-level policies that address food as medicine specifically and food/nutrition insecurity.
Alliance development and sustainability: Grow membership with key organizations/individuals across the state and ensure the continued work of the Alliance through strategic funding.
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