Food as Health Program

Healthy tips for every body

Happy Tasty Tip Thursday and thank you to everyone who went to Mad Mushroom yesterday in support of Campus Kitchen!

Great idea for healthy affordable food options

Homemade soup is a cheap and easy option for your next meal! Here are some things to remember when making your homemade soup:
-Choose a low-sodium base, broth, or stock 🍲
-Pile in the veggies! The more the better 🫑🥕
-Use whole wheat noodles or brown rice 🌾
-Freeze your leftovers for another day 🧊

📢 New Research Published! 📢

We’re proud to share that the Local Food is Medicine pilot program, developed in partnership with the University of Kentucky Food as Health Alliance and The Food Connection, has been published in Nutrients MDPI!

📝 “Developing a Community-Driven, Locally Sourced Medically Tailored Meal Model: A Pilot Linking Healthcare, Farmers, and Patients”

This paper highlights how this project connected healthcare providers, Kentucky farmers, and patients through medically tailored meals rooted in fresh, locally sourced food. It documents the impact of building a food as medicine model that is community-driven, research-backed, and farmer-supported.

We’re grateful to our partners, farmers, healthcare collaborators, and participants who made this work possible.

🔗 Read the full open-access paper here:
https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/18/4/589