Food Security

Who are we?

We are an interdisciplinary group of practitioners, researchers, and leaders working to ensure all people in the US, regardless of income, have access to the quality and quantity of food they want and need to thrive. 

What do we do?

We examine, implement, and disseminate work to support food security through evidence-informed policies, programs, and practices. In our work, we aim to support groups with highest levels of food insecurity.

Where do we do it?

Our work is conducted in many settings, including food pantries and food banks, health care, and other community settings. Programs of interest include food is medicine programs, federal nutrition programs, and nutrition initiatives in food banks and food pantries. Our work often intersects with other work groups, such as Rural Food Access and School Wellness.
 


 

Webinars

If you are interested in the recordings of any of these webinars, please email [email protected] to request it.

2025

Massachusetts and North Carolina’s Medicaid Evaluations
Webinar Date: September 29, 2025

Exploring how economic and labor policies affect food security
Webinar Date: June 30, 2025

Statewide Food as Medicine Network Hub in Kentucky
Webinar Date: April 28, 2025

Updates on AHA's Health Care by Food Initiative
Webinar Date: February 24, 2025

2024

FIM in the healthcare system (Berkowitz)
Webinar Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Nourishing Little Ones: The Power of Food as Medicine for Healthy Children (Ridberg and Saxe-Custack)
Webinar Date: Monday, May 20, 2024

Food Insecurity Among Veterans: Resources to Screen and Intervene (Going & Bowman)
Webinar Date: Monday, February 26, 2024

2023

Food is Medicine Programs across Federally Qualified Health Centers in Massachusetts (Prendergast)
Webinar Date: Monday, December 18, 2023

Food Insecurity Was Associated With Greater Family Health Care Expenditures In The US, 2016-17 (Palakshappa)
Webinar Date: Monday, June 5, 2023

Food Insecurity and Diet Quality (Eicher-Miller)
Webinar Date: Monday, March 27, 2023

Produce Prescription as a Cross-Sector Innovation: Findings on Program Implementation & Patient Utilization (Garner)
Webinar Date: Monday, January 23, 2023

 

 

2022

Farmers to Families Food Box (F-cubed) Evaluation, an HER-funded study (Yamoah)
Webinar Date: Monday, November 28, 2022

Working with the Media (Haynes Maslow)
Webinar Date: Monday, July 25, 2022

SNAP timing, high-stakes exam performance, and college attendance (Carr)
Webinar Date: Monday, May 23, 2022

Food is Medicine Policy Recommendations (Terranova & Wassung)
Webinar Date: Monday, March 28, 2022

GusNIP Nutrition Incentive Theory of Change (Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition)
Webinar Date: Monday, January 24, 2022

 

2021

Adolescent Food Security
Webinar Date: Monday, November 15, 2021

P-EBT (Walkinshaw and Read)
Webinar Date: Monday, September 27, 2021

Toolkit for Pediatricians to Address Food Insecurity (Montez, Essel, and Ashbrook)
Webinar Date: Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Food Insecurity and Suicidal Behaviors among U.S. High School Students (Danielle Brown)
Webinar Date: Monday, March 22, 2021

 

2020

Internet Administration of Food Security Surveys (Norwood)
Webinar Date: Monday, September 21, 2020

Food insecurity in Indian country during COVID-19 (Colby Duren)
Webinar Date: Monday, July 27, 2020

The Healthy Food Policy Project's Emerging COVID-19 Local Government Food Access Policy Index
Webinar Date: Thursday, April 16, 2020

Improving SNAP Benefit Adequacy (CBPP)
Webinar Date: Monday, January 27, 2020

2019

 

Deep Dive into Food Insecurity in Higher Education (Martinez)
Webinar Date: Monday, November 25, 2019

Implications of the Proposed Public Charge Rule (Fleischhacker)
Webinar Date: Monday, July 22, 2019

Impact of Food Insecurity in Persons with Diabetes: Quantitative and Qualitative Perspectives (Liese)
Webinar Date: Monday, May 20, 2019

Developing Language and Tools to Address Food Insecurity (DeSilvey)
Webinar Date: Monday, March 25, 2019

A Look at 2018 Farm Bill Nutrition Title (Vollinger, FRAC)
Webinar Date: Monday, January 28, 2019

2017

Food Insecurity Screening Algorithm for Adults
Webinar Date: Monday, October 9, 2017

Developing the Food Assortment Scoring Tool (FAST) (Caspi)
Webinar Date: Monday, September 25, 2017

California Food is Medicine Coalition 
Webinar Date: Monday, July 24, 2017

Hunger Free Colorado: Addressing Hunger Through Referrals (McLendon)
Webinar Date: Monday, May 22, 2017

Integrating Social Determinant Screening and Interventions into Health Care Systems: HIPAA and Liability Concerns (CHLPI)
Webinar Date: Monday, March 27, 2017

Discussion About Clinic Community Linkage Programs
Webinar Date: Monday, January 23, 2017

 

2016-2015

Food Insecurity and Healthcare Expenditures (Berkowitz)
Webinar Date: Monday, November 28, 2016

Discussion on Food Insecurity, Federal Nutrition Programs, Food Banking, and SNAP-Ed
Webinar Date: Monday, April 27, 2015

 

 

Resources