Together We Can End Hunger and Improve Health
Millions of Americans struggle with hunger. Millions more struggle with diet-related diseases—like heart disease and diabetes, some of the leading causes of death and disability in the United States. While the effects of hunger impact many Americans, that toll disproportionately impacts underserved communities, communities of color, low-income families and rural Americans.
Working to End Hunger and
Promote Healthy Communities
Creating a space for any organization—big and small—to make a difference by working together for a common cause to support ending hunger and improving health across the United States.
About Us
1 in 4
Households have experienced food insecurity
19 Million
The number of Americans living in food deserts, meaning they have inadequate access to groceries
$77.5 Billion
The estimated extra spent annually on healthcare in America due to poor diet
Our Goals
End Hunger in America
Creating a transformative impact on ending food insecurity and hunger through partnerships and research.
Build Healthy Communities
Creating better access to affordable and healthy foods for all communities.
Encourage Physical Activity
Creating safe spaces for everyone to be physically active.
Work in Action
Both NACDS and the Milken Institute’s Feeding Change (Feeding Change), shared a common vision to make Food Is Medicine easily accessible to all. Together, with NACDS’ expertise on pharmacies and Feeding Change’s expertise on food systems, the opportunity to explore how pharmacies could be leveraged to advance access to Food Is Medicine became a natural fit for collaboration.
We Can All End Hunger
Achieving this goal will require collective action. Whether you are a government entity, business, foundation, academic institution, association or individual, you can play a role in this critical effort.
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