Food is Medicine

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Virtual Learning Series

Connecting Nutrition, Healthcare & Local Food Systems

Food is Medicine is a growing effort to unite healthcare and community partners around the power of food to improve health, reduce hunger, and strengthen local economies. In collaboration with the Sunflower Foundation and the Kansas Food Action Network (KFAN), Hunger Free Kansas is hosting a 10-part virtual learning series exploring how Food is Medicine models and services are taking shape in Kansas and across the country.

Together, we’ll explore how Kansas can continue to build sustainable, equitable, and evidence-based approaches that integrate nutritious food into healthcare, expand local food access, and create lasting systems change.

This learning series is designed to:

  • Build a shared language and understanding of Food is Medicine and local foods work
  • Highlight effective programs, models, and evidence that show what works and why
  • Surface opportunities for collaboration that bridge healthcare and local food access
  • Support Kansas in advancing sustainable approaches to Food is Medicine and local food systems alignment

Upcoming Webinars

Improving Health Through Nutrition Education & Local Foods

This session will focus on how nutrition education delivered in clinical, home and/or community settings can strengthen the impact, and is a critical part of Food is Medicine interventions. We’ll explore how patient-centered approaches, local food access, and community-based organizations work together to empower individuals with the knowledge, skills, and tools needed to make sustainable dietary changes and improve health outcomes. Examples will highlight how healthcare providers, educators, and community health workers collaborate to bridge the gap between clinical care plans and everyday practice.

1–2:15 p.m. | April 15 | Click to Register >>

Future Sessions

DateSession Topic (Click each link below to register for the session.)
May 20Equity in Food is Medicine & Models for Target Populations
June 17Measuring Impact & Building the Case for Food is Medicine in Kansas
July 15Overview: Kansas’ Food is Medicine Roadmap
Session topics and dates are subject to change.

Past Webinars

Watch recordings and explore resources from previous Learning Series sessions. 

  1. Foundations of Food is Medicine: Recording and Resources
  2. Landscape of Needs, Gaps & Opportunities: Recording and Resources
  3. Food as Healthcare: Evidence, Outcomes & Coverage Models: Recording and Resources
  4. Bridging Healthcare, Food is Medicine & Local Food Systems: Recording and Resources
  5. Strengthening Food is Medicine Through the Charitable Food System: Recording and Resources
  6. Role of Producers, Processors & Grocers in Food is Medicine: Recording and Resources

How We Work Together

Coordinates statewide collaboration and implementation by connecting partners across healthcare, community, and food systems to advance the Blueprint and steer a shared Food is Medicine movement.

The state's leading catalyst on Food is Medicine and community health—guiding strategy, advancing policy, and supporting the integration of nutrition and healthcare to strengthen health outcomes.

Leader in food systems change, local policy councils and coalitions to shape regional solutions, drive food policy innovation, and ensure Kansas's food landscape is leveraged to improve health and nutrition.

Together, we seek to align policy, practice, and community stakeholders to make nutritious food a foundation of health for every Kansan.

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