How Oklahoma is Turning Produce Prescriptions into Permanent Care
As National Food Is Medicine Day approaches on September 14, a sweeping shift in healthcare strategy is taking root across rural Oklahoma. What began years ago as shortterm community food drives is expanding into a coordinated, multi-sector system designed to treat chronic disease with farmfresh produce.
A recent national report, 'Activating the Food Is Medicine Ecosystem: A Framework for Stakeholder Partnership,' by the Washington, D.C.-based Milken Institute highlights Oklahoma as a leading blueprint for cross-sector healthcare partnerships. According to Holly Freishtat, Senior Director at the Milken Institute’s Feeding Change initiative, the initiative marks a fundamental evolution in how community health programs operate nationwide.
