Essential: A Food is Medicine Podcast

Food is Medicine Coalition
  • 5.0 (3)
  • Nutrition

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.  

Episodes

  1. Season 1, Episode 1 Trailer

    (TRAILER) Essential: A Food is Medicine Podcast

    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

    2 min

Trailer

Ratings & Reviews

5
out of 5
3 Ratings

About

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.  

Information

  • Creator
    Food is Medicine Coalition
  • Episodes
    1
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Essential: A Food is Medicine Podcast