Food is Medicine Massachusetts

A coalition dedicated to building a health care system that recognizes the critical relationship between food & health. Co-led by @HarvardCHLPI & @communityserv

[Food is Medicine Massachusetts @FoodisMedMA]

TY @JulianCyr and @DeniseGarlick for reintroducing the Food and Health Pilot Bill! This legislation will help equip MA's health care system to address #chronicillness through the provision of critical #FoodisMedicine services.

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[Food is Medicine Massachusetts @FoodisMedMA]

BIG NEWS FOR #MTM!

[Food is Medicine Coalition @FIMCoalition]

We are proud to support the Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meal Demonstration Pilot Act of 2021 (#MTMBill). TY: @RepMcGovern, @chelliepingree, @RepWalorski, & RepDwightEvans! #foodismedicine Learn more here: https://t.co/dMewcHCbvW

[Food is Medicine Massachusetts @FoodisMedMA]

Over 7,200 farms in Massachusetts keep approximately 491,000 acres of land as open space, and produce over $475 million in agricultural goods each year. Visit your local farmers market this week. You can find your closest one here: https://t.co/N1kAqFDQgN

[Food is Medicine Massachusetts @FoodisMedMA]

It is Massachusetts Farmers' Market Week!! To kick it off, @john_lebeaux @skpeake @JulianCyr joined Sustainable CAPE at the Truro Farmers Market over the weekend.

[Food is Medicine Massachusetts @FoodisMedMA]

We're SO excited about this report!!! A huge TY to @Gr8BosFoodBank!!!

[The Greater Boston Food Bank @Gr8BosFoodBank]

Today at 1 PM! Register here: https://t.co/LRb3h1DcBh

[Food is Medicine Massachusetts @FoodisMedMA]

Childhood food insecurity has risen during #COVID19. Check out the newly updated toolkit from @fractweets and @AmerAcadPeds that helps pediatricians identify & address childhood food insecurity: https://t.co/MuPlpRnbZL

[CHLPI @HarvardCHLPI]

Great article in the @TheMVTimes highlighting the 8th Annual Food is Medicine Symposium! We are proud to work with @communityserv on convening Food is Medicine stakeholders to explore the latest advancements in the field. https://t.co/IvVRKwVidG @FoodisMedMA

[Food is Medicine Massachusetts @FoodisMedMA]

@communityserv @HarvardCHLPI @C3aco @projectbread

[Food is Medicine Massachusetts @FoodisMedMA]

Missed the first webinar of our 3-part 8th Annual Food is Medicine Symposium? Don't fret- join us for part 2 December 2: Food is Medicine in Massachusetts: Utilizing Pathways in the Massachusetts Flexible Services Program

Register Here: https://t.co/yn9RpgaTHP

[Food is Medicine Massachusetts @FoodisMedMA]

"The goal of FIMMA and the symposium is to strengthen networks and relationships that already exist between food resource organizations, and bridge new connections so that those in need of nutrition-based healthcare can receive the services they need."

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[Food is Medicine Massachusetts @FoodisMedMA]

While our state is working to combat #COVID19 we are also continuing to improve & restructure our local food system centering on sustainability, resiliency, and community.

A new @MAFoodSys report lays out our collective vision!

https://t.co/cVy76FpD92

[Food is Medicine Massachusetts @FoodisMedMA]

Interesting Read: @TheCounter asked 6 experts who study food and nutrition: How should we be thinking about the connection between what Americans eat and our excessive rates of Covid-19? @ritanguyenmd @DrBleich @Dmozaffarian #foodismedicine

https://t.co/vMhUEUjpmI

[Food is Medicine Massachusetts @FoodisMedMA]

“We see a movement right now to integrate more food and nutrition services into health care delivery and financing,” explains Sarah Downer. “But every gap that we have is a place where undocumented immigrants fall into that gap.”

[CHLPI @HarvardCHLPI]

54 million people in America face food insecurity during the #pandemic. Read more about how it could have dire consequences for their #health. Featuring CHLPI's Sarah Downer, associate director of whole person care.

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[Food is Medicine Massachusetts @FoodisMedMA]

Providing healthy meals is critical to keeping older adults healthy and lowering their risk of contracting COVID19. 84% of people 65+ have at least one chronic condition & many face economic hardship as a result of medical debt. #foodismedicine https://t.co/rstT4E4aUS

[Food is Medicine Massachusetts @FoodisMedMA]

@communityserv @FIMCoalition @Dmozaffarian @MGHCCHI1

[Food is Medicine Massachusetts @FoodisMedMA]

"A trauma-informed food is medicine approach that has the power to transform our disease-oriented system into a health system; it's time we fully embrace it."

No truer words have been written! TY @SarahMatMDMPH

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[Food is Medicine Massachusetts @FoodisMedMA]

We need the Healthy Incentives Program enacted into law THIS SESSION for sustainable farms and healthy families! For #HungerActionMonth we need [@rep/senator twitter name] to help pass H.4232/S.2426! #HIPworks #MApoli
https://t.co/MCaCMlKmr3

[Food is Medicine Massachusetts @FoodisMedMA]

Demand for @ESMVNorthShore programming increased 30-40% since the onset of #COVID19.

Curious how they adjusted operations, safety protocols and communication? What challenge are they navigating now?

Last #VoicesfromtheField case study now available! https://t.co/ECR03YN86p

[Food Bank of Western Massachusetts @FoodBankWMA]

Food insecurity and poor health are too often part of the same vicious cycle. Partnering with healthcare providers to screen for hunger is the kind of comprehensive approach needed to interrupt that cycle.
@projectbread @FoodisMedMA #foodismedicine
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[Food is Medicine Massachusetts @FoodisMedMA]

TY @JanelleNanos for this story! We have a state full of champions making this work possible!

These partnerships attest to the power & safety of govt infrastructure AND call for further expansion & support to protect them in the future #foodismedicine

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