The Food Is Health Revolution

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It’s a holiday week. We just wrapped three intense days at the American College of Lifestyle Medicine conference - 2,200 practitioners, researchers, and changemakers gathering around a board certification that could eliminate 60-70% of established chronic disease costs. The crowd was significantly larger than last year, which tells you something about momentum. But as always with healthcare transf...

As you all know by now, CMS has launched one of the most ambitious rural-health initiatives in decades. The Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program will distribute up to $50 billion through FY 2026-2030 to help states redesign how rural care is delivered—funding prevention, workforce pipelines, and digital access. We’ve been digging into the details and getting as much insight to share as possib...

After diving into the $50B Rural Health Transformation funding opportunity in this recording, we determined we should offer a live discussion. We only have 30 days until these submissions are due. Join us TODAY for a LinkedIn Live at 11:15am ET for at least an hour to talk about the opportunity. ( Link to Register/Join ) Who knows, we may phone a friend (like we did in the video above with Erin Ma...

Sometimes you just have to laugh. The last two weeks have been impossibly long but equally as fascinating. Yet in the midst of chaos, Carter Williams , Erin Martin and I found ourselves on Ryland Engelhart and his sister Mollie’s regenerative Sovereignty Ranch for a Food Is Medicine weekend for real people. It was the first time we’ve been part of something geared towards consumers and not just in...

As we navigate multiples cities and juxtapositions of industries and attendees this week and last, we toke 30 min. today to compare notes and had a few aha’s real-time. This was a very efficient way to keep sharing timely insights amidst our time shortage. Crazy as it may seem, we are going to find ourselves in the SAME PLACE along with our friend Erin Martin at our mutual friend Ryland Engelhart...

GLP-1 demand shock, pre-chronic shoppers, and the capital gap We broke last week’s D.C. download into three pods because there was too much signal for one sitting. Episode II picks up where the article left off, connecting policy scaffolding to real consumer behavior and near-term moves for CPG, retail, ag, and investors. 🎧 Listen on the Food Is Health Revolution podcast on Spotify, Apple, and Yo...

Last Friday we published a short summary on key policy trends we observed during our week in Washington, DC. Each one of those points is probably at least a billion-dollar opportunity. The post on Friday was too short to represent everything we learned. We are doing a series of follow-up podcasts to go into more depth. This is Part 1. Please listen here, Apple , Spotify or YouTube . Provide any co...

THE LAST PRESCRIPTION: PODCAST SHOW NOTES Episode Summary A revolutionary future cast exploring how the American healthcare system transformed from treating disease to preventing it entirely. Set in 2038, this narrative traces the collapse of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), the merger of pharmaceutical companies with food producers, and the rise of "Heartland Marts" - grocery stores where every...

Episode Overview This episode features a "future cast" - a work of speculative fiction that explores one possible future based on current trends and emerging technologies in regenerative agriculture, public land management, and rural economics. While the companies, technologies, and political figures mentioned are real, the events described are fictional scenarios designed to help visualize potent...

"A Future History of the Nutrient Density Revolution" This episode features a "future cast" - a work of speculative fiction that explores one possible future based on current trends and emerging technologies in food, agriculture, and healthcare. While the companies and technologies mentioned are real, the events described are fictional scenarios designed to help visualize potential outcomes if cur...

Introduction You may remember the first part of this story from a few weeks ago. How Heartland Mart became the epicenter of a revolution that transformed American agriculture, led to the collapse of healthcare costs by 47%, and proved that the shortest distance between soil and health runs straight through a rural grocery store. It all began with an old Dollar General on Highway 41 that was repurp...

Just a few months ago, Casey Means, MD ( Casey’s Substack ) took the main stage at the biggest US healthcare conference, Erin Martin and I were there and we recorded her. We’ve shared some of the highlights in the video above. Erin ran into her, I had serious FOMO! She is now the nominee for US Surgeon General. There is debate. There is excitement, there are naysayers. She is a co-founder, of Leve...

Quick note - I have not absconded with Carter Williams , he is simply trying to avoid becoming an ice cube after the epic ice storm his community endured resulted in a loss of power that is now going into Day 4. Please send him “warm” wishes. I’ve been going through all of the episodes we recorded this past fall at the American College of Lifestyle Medicine Annual Conference and it dawned on me th...

There has been quite a bit of chatter lately around front-of-package nutrition, the need to understand nutritional density and whether the FDA is doing enough in general. Especially in light of the fact that 75% of the “food” in grocery stores isn’t actually food at all by definition. FOOD ( noun ) - any substance consumed by an organism for nutritional support and energy Well what better a way to...

This episode features a conversation between Ellen Brown and Carter Williams about the systemic issues within the food and health industries. They discuss the interconnectedness of the food system, from soil to cell, and argue for a more holistic approach to improving health outcomes. Their conversation explores the need for systemic redesign, drawing parallels to engineering and aircraft accident...

Our co-hosts Katie Stebbins, Carter Williams, and Ellen Brown reflect on the past year and discussing the interconnectedness of the food and healthcare systems. They analyze the food supply chain ("soil to cell"), exploring challenges and opportunities in farming, manufacturing, distribution, and consumer behavior. The discussion highlights the need for systems thinking, addressing issues like reg...

We recently brought together a multidisciplinary panel of experts sharing practical strategies to address critical issues at the intersection of healthcare and food policy. Drawing on perspectives from healthcare to agriculture, the discussion focuses on actionable approaches to Make America Healthy Again. The diverse expertise of the speakers provides a comprehensive view of the challenges and op...

Our hosts Katie Stebbins, Ellen Brown, and Carter Williams are joined by Dr. Joseph Pizzorno, an internationally acclaimed expert on science-based naturopathic medicine, to explore the intersection of nutrition, healthcare, and environmental factors influencing public health. Get full access to Food is Health at foodishealth.substack.com/subscribe

Erin Martin runs a program called FreshRx Oklahoma, which prescribes fresh, locally grown produce to individuals with type 2 diabetes. This program is aimed at addressing both food insecurity and chronic illness, showing remarkable results in reducing patients’ A1C levels, weight, and healthcare costs. The conversation emphasizes the importance of aligning economic, agricultural, and health system...

Our hosts Katie Stebbins, Ellen Brown, and Carter Williams are joined by guest Matt Moreland of Moreland Farms. The group discusses current agricultural trends and challenges, including the integration of the supply chain and the tension between overproduction of commodity crops and the growing demand for specialized, higher-quality agricultural products. They explore the potential role of food in...

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The US spends $1.7t on food and $1.9t on healthcare due to poor nutrition annually. We need to come together to find the answers, so here we are, connecting food, health, and the economy. Get full access to Food is Health at foodishealth.substack.com/subscribe