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Essential: A Food is Medicine Podcast

Essential: A Food is Medicine Podcast

Written by: Food is Medicine Coalition
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Essential: A Food is Medicine podcast centers the lived experiences of clients, caregivers, clinicians, and frontline staff to explore the foundations of the modern food is medicine movement. Through human-first storytelling, the series illustrates why medically tailored meals (MTMs) and nutrition interventions are not a “nice to have,” but services evolved over decades to become essential, foundational components of healthcare. This series, hosted by Alissa Wassung, executive director of the Food is Medicine Coalition (FIMC), highlights leaders across various aspects of food is medicine services, amplifying fieldwide experts innovating in FIM service.

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  • (TRAILER) Essential: A Food is Medicine Podcast

    (TRAILER) Essential: A Food is Medicine Podcast
    Jun 1 2026

    Food is Medicine services are not a "nice to have," but essential components of healthcare. Our new podcast, Essential: A Food is Medicine Podcast, explains why.

    This four-part first season features voices from across healthcare, nutrition, policy, research and community organizations who are helping redefine how we think about food, chronic illness and care.

    Listen to the teaser episode and subscribe for upcoming conversations.

    Voices featured in this trailer:

    Alissa Wassung, Executive Director, Food is Medicine Coalition

    Kurt Hager, PhD, MS, Assistant Professor, Population & Quantitative Health Sciences, UMass Chan Medical School

    Laura Samnadda MS, RDN, LD, Director of Nutrition Services, Open Hand Atlanta

    Ammy Villafane, Client of Open Hand Atlanta
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