Categories for nutrition

SNAP-Ed cuts result in loss of valued nutrition education partners

October 6, 2025

By Dennis Archambault While many of us were focused on budget deliberations in Lansing and Washington, impact of the elimination of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program educational component (SNAP-Ed)... continue reading.

Healthy Food Prescriptions: How Local Efforts Can Contribute to Humanitarianism

August 19, 2025

By Neha Chava As a medical student in Detroit, I have learned that a community being underserved is not just having a lack of access to affordable healthcare or... continue reading.

Factoring equity and resilience into social longevity

December 10, 2024

By Dennis Archambault Longevity and well-being is a combination of genetics, diet, exercise, and luck, notes journalist David Oliver in USA Today. However, he left out a couple of... continue reading.

Statement in Support of In Lieu Medicaid Services for Nutrition Programs

March 25, 2024

Food is a healer, and it builds resilience. Both of these qualities are absent in populations who live with food insecurity and the malnutrition that comes from consumption of... continue reading.

‘Food as Medicine’ Hits Mainstream; but Still Needs to Hit Main Street

February 28, 2024

Food heals. It comforts. It sustains. But good food is not found where many people who need it the most live. At a recent healthy food preparation demonstration at... continue reading.

The next generation of Fresh Rx: Home delivery of food prescriptions

December 13, 2023

By Dennis Archambault Dr. Robert Graham, a physician and chef, noted in a recent Detroit News commentary that “over the last 50 years, food has become more accessible than... continue reading.