Food policymaking occupies the nexus between agriculture and health care policy by determining the affordability, accessibility, and availability of nutritious food within communities. Rooting food systems in equity and whole-person health care protects the lives of historically excluded communities and people facing barriers to care. Policy experts in agriculture, food retail, and nutrition...

The Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research is a subcommittee of the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and is currently chaired by Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Mike Braun (R-IN). The subcommittee’s first hearing was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2021, with Dariush Mozaffarian and Dr. Patrick Stover invited...