Established in 2014, 4P Foods helps to advance Food Is Medicine efforts by providing nutritious, locally sourced foods from regional farmers to organizations and individuals across the mid-Atlantic region. The mission of 4P Foods is to build a new regional, regenerative, and equitable food system that mitigates climate change, maximizes farmers’ profits, and provides all people with dignified access to healthy food from farmers. 4P Foods is a positively disruptive market solution that prioritizes social good, recognizing that multiple societal factors and multifaceted collaborations intersect to create and sustain cyclical patterns of impact.

About Fresh is a Boston area nonprofit working to strengthen communities by getting healthy food to the households that need it most. Its programs are built to be integrated into community health systems and include: Fresh Truck, mobile markets bringing affordable, healthy food to Boston neighborhoods; and Fresh Connect, a pre-paid debit card and analytic platform that enables health care providers to cover the cost of healthy food for patients and measure related health impacts.

Alameda County Health Recipe4Health is an innovative model that integrates food-based interventions into healthcare settings to treat, prevent and reverse chronic conditions; to address food and nutrition insecurity and other social determinants of health; and to improve health and racial equity. Through weekly produce prescription deliveries from BIPOC-led organic and regenerative farms and health coaching for patients, along with Food as Medicine training for healthcare staff, Alameda County Recipe4Health is creating sustained improvements in patient health and wellbeing.

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago’s Food, Activity and Nutrition (FAN) Initiatives team is dedicated to improving chronic health conditions for children and families through nutrition and physical activity. It enhances community health through partnerships, clinical collaborations, and policy and advocacy.

Food & Society at the Aspen Institute brings together public health leaders, policymakers, researchers, farmers, chefs, food makers, and entrepreneurs to find practical solutions to food system challenges and inequities. The goal is to help people of all income levels eat better and more healthful diets – and identify and nourish the leaders from all realms who will help them do that. Food & Society initiatives include The Food Leaders Fellowship; Food is Medicine research; Food justice discussion series; and Open Access, the first open-source portal available at no cost to cities and other organizations to customize with links to financing, education, and support.

Boulder County Farmers Markets (BCFM) connects Colorado farmers with all members of their community through producer-only markets and a year-round local food hub. BCFM’s programs make fresh, local food accessible to everyone and create systemic change by linking health, early education, and agriculture to advance community food equity. Through its Farm to Early Care and Education (FTECE) program, BCFM in collaboration with Boulder County Public Health and other community partners, delivers seasonal produce, seeds and seedlings, children’s story books, garden and cooking supplies, and nutrition education to 82 childcare programs across Boulder County helping children build healthy habits early while supporting local farmers and caregivers.