Food as Medicine 3 (FAM3) Ohio Food Bank Site Visits

Food as Medicine 3 (FAM3) Ohio Food Bank Site Visits • April 23-26, Ohio 

Attendees: Senior Research Scientist Dr. Betsy Anderson Steeves, Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Eliza Short, Senior Project Manager Nicole Cawrse, Research Associate Laura Flournoy 

Main takeaways and highlights: The Center for Nutrition & Health Impact’s Food as Medicine 3 (FAM3) team visited Greater Cleveland Food Bank and Mid-Ohio Food Collective. Alongside project partners from Feeding America and the Elevance Health Foundation, they toured FAM3 grantee locations including community resource centers, food produce prescription markets and health care clinics. The FAM3 team learned more about the food banks’ internal IT processes including how they track community members’ program participation.   

Pictured above (left to right): Nicole Cawrse, Dr. Betsy Anderson Steeves, Laura Flournoy, Jen Sanchez, Dr. Eliza Short, Elise August, Ashley Howard, Hanna Selekman and Jennifer Flores.