Hill January 29, 2024
Brett Samuels

The Biden administration is launching partnerships with Instacart, the Rockefeller Foundation and Feeding America as part of a first-of-its-kind summit focused on how food can promote healthier living.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Wednesday will host the “Food is Medicine” summit, a bipartisan event in Washington, D.C. HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas), Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Reps. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) and Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) are scheduled to attend panel events.

The summit is part of a broader effort by the administration to invest in nutrition and overall wellness as a way to reduce illness and health risks under the “Food is Medicine” banner.

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