And getting to spend time with Chef Daniel Humm reminded me why this work draws in the people it does.

Rethink said something generous about my small role in their story, but the truth is the other way around. Thank you for letting me be part of yours.

#RethinkFood #FoodJustice #ZeroWaste

A meaningful evening with the @rethinkfood.bsky.social family at their annual gala. Matt Jozwiak and his team have built a model for reducing food waste while nourishing communities. They inspire everyone!

Seanicaa Edwards Herron, a 2026 Catalyst Fund Awardee and Food Leaders Fellow, is among six remarkable leaders recognized for innovative and inclusive solutions to some of today's most critical challenges. This honor is a testament to her dedication to building trust, accountability, and justice.

Can Food Actually Be Medicine? These Doctors Say Yes Prescribing produce, crafting meals: More medical schools are teaching students how to cook and use food as a tool for treating patients.

To prescribe food as treatment, doctors first need to understand it.

Targeted food intervention can prevent or manage chronic disease but only when nutrition is treated as clinical care, not a lifestyle suggestion.

More in The New York Times: https://ow.ly/f8QP50YIS78

#FoodIsMedicine #Nutrition

And super-grateful to ace writer @kimseverson.bsky.social for including me, and even more for answering for civilians the ever-vexing question: What is Food is Medicine, anyways?

Can Food Actually Be Medicine? These Doctors Say Yes Prescribing produce, crafting meals: More medical schools are teaching students how to cook and use food as a tool for treating patients.

Quoted in The New York Times on food as medicine: the point isn't helping doctors throw better dinner parties. It's making sure a nutritionist visit gets prescribed and paid for.

Kim Severson reports on what it would take to make that real:
https://ow.ly/mzbC50YH6A3

#FoodIsMedicine

Fish spare ribs were the big trend at this year's Boston Seafood Expo. If it gets Americans eating more seafood, I'm for it. My preference: Red's Best at Boston Public Market. Fish that tastes like fish.
Listen to the entire segment: https://ow.ly/6gGg50YFVz2

#Seafood #FoodPolicy

Raspberries, Ribs, and Regulatory Chaos: Corby Kummer on Why Your Grocery Bill Is Only Going Up - Food & Society Prepare for a masterclass in culinary doom-scrolling: raspberries are your new economic canary (buy them now, eat them fast), fertilizer shipments through the Strait of Hormuz are about to ruin your fall salad, and Big Cereal will never, ever lower its prices. But produce might. Meanwhile, the seafood industry has decided the best way to

Raspberries → fuel costs → fertilizer through the Strait of Hormuz → FDA self-certification since 1958. One Boston Public Radio conversation, a lot of reasons to pay attention to what's happening to your food supply. 🎧 https://ow.ly/WGys50YBp3N #FoodPolicy #FoodIsPolicy

"Restricting SNAP doesn't change the fact that fruits and vegetables might be unaffordable."
Our latest Conversations on Food Justice tackled one of the most contested questions in food policy right now. Watch: https://ow.ly/ugf850YAT1P
Part II with retailers + community voices: April 17.

Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn't Easy Art Isn't Easy

To listen to of course after this year's required reading, Daniel Okrent's new Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn't Easy. bookshop.org/p/books/step...

And He's Into Making Movies | Sondheim: Director, Actor, Screenwriter, Composer Podcast Episode · Loving You: The Untold Sondheim · EP4 · 57m

Alert to @bcdreyer.social, @jackviertel.bsky.social, @kevinddaly.bsky.social, and all other Follies lovers: new episode of Jones-Milnes Sondheim podcast, "Loving You," has a scene from the never-produced film, reimagined as the closing of a Hollywood studio. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

Reposting from @aspenfood.bsky.social

I mentioned supermarket surge pricing on BPR almost in passing. But it deserves more attention.

Food isn't a concert ticket. The implications for food access are real.

Full segment: aspenfood.org/2026/03/18/f...

That conversation went exactly where it needed to go. Thank you to our panelists and to everyone who joined. Recording soon and Part II set for April 17th. #FoodJustice #SNAP

Now speaking: the fantastic Sara Bleich. Tune in!

Today at 1 PM ET: Conversations on Food Justice. Join Global Food Institute and Food & Society at the Aspen Institute for a panel on the evidence and the questions behind SNAP purchase restrictions. Register: https://ow.ly/iEJc50YwZhi #FoodJustice #FoodPolicy #SNAP

Tomorrow, 1 PM ET. Conversations on Food Justice Part I. What does the research say about SNAP purchase restrictions? Register to attend & receive the recording: https://ow.ly/oLFe50YxHcA

#FoodJustice #SNAP

Fork in the Road: Kitchen Abuse, Drinking Less, and Our Grocery Bills - Food & Society https://www.youtube.com/live/0yblKdBCh7I?si=In_FoCJQpRvH61UA&t=2898 Corby joined Boston Public Radio to discuss three intersecting food world stories. First, the Noma scandal: René Redzepi, the Copenhagen chef who put Nordic cuisine on the map, faced renewed public outcry when former staff posted accounts of physical and psychological abuse right in the midst of a $1,500-per-plate Los Angeles popup. The allegations

Noma was ranked #1 in the world. Its chef was also, allegedly, stabbing staff with a barbecue fork and punching cooks on the line for minor mistakes. The question isn't just what Redzepi did; it's what the industry still tolerates and who's modeling something better. More: https://ow.ly/30sF50Yw4q1

Conversations on Food Justice: SNAP Restrictions, Food Justice, and the Politics of Eating - Food & Society Part I: Tuesday, March 24, 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. ET Across the country, policymakers are debating—and in some states, beginning to enact—restrictions on what SNAP recipients can purchase. Proponents frame these limits as a public health intervention. But for millions of families navigating food insecurity, the stakes are

"Healthy eating" is not a neutral category. Lindsey Smith Taillie (UNCGillings) knows that better than almost anyone and she'll bring that clarity to Conversations on Food Justice on March 24. Register: https://ow.ly/H6bN50Yvvav
#FoodJustice #SNAP

Conversations on Food Justice: SNAP Restrictions, Food Justice, and the Politics of Eating - Food & Society Part I: Tuesday, March 24, 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. ET Across the country, policymakers are debating—and in some states, beginning to enact—restrictions on what SNAP recipients can purchase. Proponents frame these limits as a public health intervention. But for millions of families navigating food insecurity, the stakes are

Laura Schmidt (UCSF) is the kind of researcher who complicates the narrative when the narrative needs complicating. She's joining Conversations on Food Justice on March 24. Register: https://ow.ly/oFnl50YvuOm
#FoodPolicy #SNAP

Sara Bleich, Vice Provost for Special Projects at Harvard University and Professor of Public Health Policy at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is wearing a black blazer over a red blouse standing outdoors with blurred greenery in the background. She is a panelist on the upcoming Conversations on Food Justice.

If you want to know what the research on SNAP restrictions actually says, you want Sara Bleich in the room. She'll be on Food & Society at the Aspen Institute's March 24 panel for Conversations on Food Justice. Join us: https://ow.ly/ln1h50Yt5S3 #FoodPolicy

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You've heard of produce prescriptions but how can you do that in your community?

This week's Food & Society newsletter share our new Food is Medicine Community Action Plan and more. A must-read for anyone thinking about the future of health equity. Sign up: https://aspenfood.org/subscribe/

From Farm to FIM: The Economic Impact of Local Food is Medicine Food is Medicine programs can improve health while generating $45 billion in economic activity nationwide and creating new opportunities for local farms and communities. Learn more about the findings ...

Proud to share this excellent new report from someone I've admired for many years. Noah Cohen-Cline, congratulations! This is exactly the kind of thinking our Food is Medicine Community Action Plan needs, and I couldn't be more excited to share it. More: www.rockefellerfoundation.org/reports/from...

What happens when The Aspen Institute Food Leaders Fellows head to Washington, DC?

Sign up for Food & Society at the Aspen Institute's newsletter where we share what our fellows experienced at their final DC seminar. Read the full story: https://aspenfood.org/subscribe/

#FoodLeadersFellows

New video on Open Access and why "leveling the playing field" isn't just a phrase. It's a design choice, and this portal makes it real. More: https://aspenfood.org/open-access/

Planet Forward spotlights two Food & Society at the Aspen Institute Food Leaders Fellows in Chicago!

Dion Dawson (Dion's Chicago Dream) has delivered 5M+ lbs of fresh produce to 5.3K+ households. Ruby Ferguson coordinates food access across partner orgs
📖 More: https://ow.ly/6xyI50Yqem7

(5/5) If you're funding health equity or trying to bend the healthcare cost curve, this toolkit shows you what to look for.

It's the clearest evaluation framework I've seen thanks to our case study contributors and Food is Medicine partners.

www.fimcommunity.org

(4/5) The featured organizations from our webinar: Community Servings, Dion's Chicago Dream, Ceres Community Project, are service providers AND infrastructure builders.

Multi-year contracts. Medicaid billing. Published research. Local food system integration.

(3/5) Best insight from the Community Action Plan: look for "systems change orientation"

Organizations doing policy work + provider training alongside delivery aren't just feeding people, they're changing how healthcare operates.

That's where long-term impact lives.

(2/5) What makes a food-as-medicine program investment-ready?

"We have 5 years of data, healthcare contracts, and published outcomes research"