How a new statewide group in South Dakota is treating food as medicine

9/13/2024 –

A new statewide group is looking to help South Dakotans find access to healthy foods in an effort to decrease nutrition-related diseases through a “food is medicine” initiative.

Simplified: A new statewide group is looking to help South Dakotans find access to healthy foods in an effort to decrease nutrition-related diseases through a “food is medicine” initiative.

Why it matters

• The South Dakota Healthy Nutrition Collaborative (SDHNC) is made up of people across the state including people who’ve personally experienced food insecurity, and people who work in healthcare, nonprofits, businesses, state departments, schools, health programs and more.
• More than 106,000 people are food insecure, according to a 2024 study from Feeding America.
• The SDHNC will work together to improve access to healthy food by coordinating state-wide research and programs, elevating the voices of people with lived experience and advance policies to improve food and nutrition security…

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