Conference
2025 Michigan Food as Medicine Summit
- East Lansing, MI
This is more than a conference. It’s where Michigan’s Food as Medicine leaders, practitioners, and advocates come together to build powerful, Michigan-based networks, gain practical and innovative strategies, and shape the state’s first unified Food as Medicine advocacy agenda.
Over two action-packed days, participants will connect with top experts, explore groundbreaking Food as Medicine programs and policies, and develop real solutions for implementation. Whether you’re working in healthcare, food systems, policy, or community organizations, this is your opportunity to collaborate, learn, and drive the future of Food as Medicine in Michigan.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
- C-Level Executives
- Directors & Senior Management
- Healthcare Professionals
- Researchers and Academics
- Policy Makers & Government Officials
- Community Based Organizations and Advocates
- Consultants & Advisors
- Michigan Food Sourcing and Distribution Partners
BREAKOUT SESSION TRACKS
- Research and Evaluation: Breakout sessions in this track provide participants with tools and resources to design, test, and evaluate promising Food as Medicine interventions.
- Food as Medicine in Communities and Cultures: Breakout sessions in this track offer participants best practices for alignment of local communities, diverse cultural perspectives, and lived experiences when developing a Food as Medicine intervention.
- Clinical Integration and Healthcare Contexts: Breakout sessions in this track offer examples of—or opportunities for—successful integration of Food as Medicine into patient care.
- Operationalizing Food as Medicine: Breakout sessions in this track offer tactical guidance for standing up a sustainable Food as Medicine intervention and looking at infrastructure and resources necessary for success.
Continuing education credits (CME) have been approved for physicians, physician assistants and nurses for 5.0 hours. Continuing education contact hours (CECH) have been approved for health educators. This activity has been approved for 5.0 CECH credits, program number 38017.
