FL Farms to FIM WEBINAR | April 15, 2026 2:30 - 4:00 PM
Florida Farms to Food is Medicine Exchange: Meet your new customers purchasing at Fair Market Value
APRIL 15th, 2026
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Goal: Clarity & Alignment FL Farms to FIM MArketplace
To create a space for relationships to form in the emerging marketplace of food is medicine.
Florida farm businesses (packer/growers/hubs/food suppliers/local farmers) discover new revenue streams for your business at full market value. Supply meets Demand by connecting with our food is medicine programs and healthcare partners in our Florida-wide network of FIM RNOE's. Share Florida Farm products rendering health throughout the entire East Coast trucking routes: Maine to Florida.
Start Conversations, Connect Business Partners & Collaborators
Welcome to Round 2 (ding ding!) of our “Florida Farms to FiM Exchange” speakers series. We invite you to join us as we together continue the dialogue on how FL Farmers can sell to FiH/FiM networks for fair market value, while saving lives, healing our neighbors and our soil.
Topics:
*Subject to Change
1.) Why we need medically tailored/necessary nutrition
2.) National Bills for FIM- VA, Accountable FIM Act & MAHA NIH innovations
3.) Marketplace for farm products in high demand & market forces rising
4.) Nutrient density and local needs for food as medicine
5.) Regenerative soil practices render most potent medicine
6.) Hubs support logistical access for small and mid-sized local farms
7.) Healthy SNAP increase in demand forecast
8.) Commodities programs - TANF & CSFP & Tariff Remuneration, FL Approps/Farmers Feeding Florida
9.) Explore big $$ to indoor growers, Harvest Singularity and others, on the rise & why
10.) Q & A - very active, lively discussion, open dialogues, feedback loop is open!
*What do you want to hear discussed? Send your questions to this email
Agenda:
*Subject to Change
Welcome, Goals of Series, & Introductions
Food is Medicine Definitions, FIM research, policy
Florida Farmer Update, East Coast Farms surviving the cold snaps, new markets
Funding Opening 2026 - FL RHT, Healthy SNAP, National Funding updates
County Government & Food Systems including 2 new Regional Hubs
National Government & Policy Updates to Farm Bill and FIM Bills
Healthcare through Food Ellen Brown, Healthcare Actually
Food Dignity Clancy Cash Harrison, RD, LDN, FAND, Food Dignity
Q&A Discussion led by Ellen Brown
Save the Date to your Calendar
NEWSWEEK Article 3/4/2026
"How Food Is Replacing Pills as Medicine at the Top US Hospitals" spotlights 2 purchasers in Florida buying local produce now for FIM programs. The market is real. Are you in?
Book your calendar
For this series of quarterly conversations with experts from across the Field of FIM + Food is Health. Don't miss the moment that is rising now with new demand for your healthy fruits, vegetables, herbs and produce.
MEET OUR SERIES CONTRIBUTORS (*subject to change)
FARMER
FL HEALTH & NUTRITION COALITION
FL HEALTH & NUTRITION COALITION
Katelyn Garcia Goldberg, East Coast Farms and Vegetables
FL HEALTH & NUTRITION COALITION
FL HEALTH & NUTRITION COALITION
FL HEALTH & NUTRITION COALITION
Maura Plante, Co-Founder, Healthy Food Rx with Living Hungry & FL H&NC
FOOD IS MEDICINE
FL HEALTH & NUTRITION COALITION
FOOD IS MEDICINE
Emily A. Callahan, MPH, RDN
Director of Policy Strategy
Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University
HEALTHCARE
HEALTHCARE
FOOD IS MEDICINE
Ellen Brown, Healthcare Actually, Health Plans & Hospital Systems Innovation Expert Consultant
INNOVATION
HEALTHCARE
INNOVATION
Brie Lowry Cox, CEO/Co-Founder of Cox Consulting, is a social impact consultant with large healthcare institutions, agriculture departments & adjacent private-sector industry players.
FOOD DIGNITY
FOOD DIGNITY
FOOD DIGNITY
Clancy Cash Harrison, RD, LDN, FAND Food Dignity Movement, TEDx Talk
GOVERNMENT
FOOD DIGNITY
FOOD DIGNITY
Alachua County, County Commissioner Anna Prizzia, Region B - FIM Regional Network Co-Chair
FL Farms to FIM PAST WEBINARS | OCTOBER 15, 2025 2:30 - 4:00
Florida Farms to Food is Medicine Clients: Meet your new consumers purchasing at Fair Market Value
Webinar goal:
Align, connect, and activate food + Florida farm businesses (packer/hubs/food suppliers/local farmers) with new revenue/income streams for their business at full market value by connecting with our food is medicine program clients in our 8 regional networks of excellence. Share Florida Farm products rendering health in our clients with FL farmers, packers, enterprises who sell through to the entire East Coast trucking routes: Maine to Florida.
Start Conversations, Connect Business Partners & Collaborators
As we enter a new year 2026 with new and different funding food streams arising, we forecast new revenue entering for Florida farm fresh fruits & vegetables market- from consumer demand. Some demand-side incentives are expected for 2026 to keep an eye out for include:
- SNAP cards with limits on sugar, incentives on F&V (likely)
- Sustainable grocery store incentives in the shape of prepaid cards with discounts on F&V via SNAP+ SSBI
- CSA shares, "MAHA Boxes" sold direct to consumer with possible incentives like SSBCI Medicare Advantage cards
- Packing house/food hubs are hot for funding at County & Foundation & Feeding Florida
- Mobile Farmstand markets in rural and urban food deserts
- Cuts to farm commodities purchasing at USDA -TANF & CSFP
- Florida FDACS funded $28M FL to buy farm commodities milk, beef, F&V at pick & pack price
- Regenerative Farming practices boost nutrition content, FIM food.
Agenda:
Welcome Maura Plante, Welcome, Goals of Webinar, & Introductions
Food is Medicine Emily Callahan, Tufts FIMI- Definitions, FIM research, policy
Funding 2026 Maura Plante, RNOE & FL & National Funding updates
County Government & Food Systems Alachua County Comm. Anna Prizzia
National Government & Policy Scott Carter, Conduit GR
Health through Food Ellen Brown, Healthcare Actually
Food Dignity Clancy Cash Harrison, RD, LDN, FAND, Food Dignity
Farmer with FIM Sales in the bank, Katelyn Garcia, East Coast Farms *farm duties conflict, unable to attend.
Q&A Discussion Ellen Brown leads Panel discussion + Open Q&A
