Wisconsin Food is Medicine
Everyone should have access to nutritious, affordable and culturally relevant food
Food plays a powerful role. It is nourishment and connects health, traditions and relationships. Eating nutritious foods helps people manage illnesses like diabetes and heart disease. It can even prevent disease in the first place.
Food is Medicine is a growing movement focused on the power of nutritious food to prevent disease and promote health. The Wisconsin Food is Medicine movement is working to create integration across the work of organizations and the needs and voice from communities.
Our vision is that all Wisconsin residents and communities have equal access to high-quality, nourishing food that supports their personal preferences and good health. Our mission is to build connections and improve nutrition security through community engagement, research, training, policy and advocacy.
Advancing Food is Medicine in Wisconsin
We are strengthening food as a pathway to better health for families statewide. Through strategic partnerships and collaborative planning, we’re connecting communities, providers and leaders to advance equal access to nutrition-based care.
Together, we’re creating lasting change that supports the health and well-being of Wisconsin children and families.
Leadership Team
The Wisconsin Food is Medicine Coalition is led by the following partners:
- Children’s Health Alliance of Wisconsin
- Feeding Wisconsin
- Rising in Community
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
Contact Our Staff
Geeta Wadhwani, MPH, RN, BSN
Program Leader
(414) 337-2231
gwadhwani@childrenswi.org
