How Ownership-Based ‘Food Is Medicine’ Initiatives Can Advance Structural Change

This Health Affairs Forefront article argues that Food Is Medicine initiatives should move beyond delivering food to also build long-term community wealth and local food system capacity. The authors propose an ownership-based model that invests in community organizations, local food businesses, and regional food infrastructure so that Food Is Medicine programs not only improve health outcomes but also address the structural inequities that contribute to food insecurity and poor health.