384. How Research Can Help Us Unlock Solutions to Our Current Health Challenges

In partnership with the White House and the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Food Tank recently co-hosted the "Advancing Food Is Medicine Approaches" Summit in support of the National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. On “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg” listen to a two-part session from the event, where food policy and public health experts discussed research in support of community empowerment, the politics that can get in the way of data collection, and the need to balance stats and figures with stories.    Speakers from the panels include former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman; Dr. Christina Economos of the Friedman School; Dr Bisola Ojikutu of the Boston Public Health Commission; Diana Johnson of the Rockefeller Foundation; Dr. J. Robin Moon of the World Farmers Market Coalition; Kim Kessler of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; and Lauren Fiechtner of Mass General Hospital for Children.   While you’re listening, subscribe, rate, and review the show; it would mean the world to us to have your feedback. You can listen to “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg” wherever you consume your podcasts.