Christina Badaracco, MPH, RD, discusses food as medicine and The Farm Bill: A Citizen’s Guide.

Did you know that our nation’s agricultural policies (the Farm Bill) largely subsidize crops that don’t support “food as medicine?” Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Christina Badaracco, MPH, Registered Dietitian, and co-author with Dan Imhoff of The Farm Bill: A Citizen’s Guide. Badaracco discusses her entry into healthcare transformation through nutrition, “culinary medicine,” the value of teaching kitchens, and the importance of national farm policies to support public health.

Related website:  Food as Medicine: https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/five-food-problems-why-current-food-medicine-solutions-falling-short
The Farm Bill: A Citizen’s Guide: https://islandpress.org/books/farm-bill#desc