🌟 Food and Health Belong Together—We Are Helping to Lead the Way 🌟
On Friday, Peter Contardo teased some really big news.
Today, we can share it:
Access to Fresh has been named a 2025 Florida Food is Medicine All-Star!
Our co-founder, Nichole Dube, will present at the 3rd Annual Florida Food is Medicine Symposium on October 23, 2025, joining a remarkable group of leaders shaping Florida’s Food is Medicine future:
✨ Veleké Brown – E*Roadmap
✨ Karen TwoShoes – Seminole Nation
✨ Dr. Angelica Parra – Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital
✨ Peter Mougey & John Peacock – One Pensacola
This recognition isn’t about us—it’s about what’s possible when food and health grow together. With partners like AdventHealth West Florida, Moffitt Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, and Humana, we’re building Food is Health and Food is Medicine programs that connect fresh produce, hands-on education, and care to improve the health of our communities.
💚 From youth and seniors learning healthy habits, to cancer survivors supported through culinary medicine, to underserved neighborhoods reached by our Bounty Bus mobile market, Access to Fresh is showing how communities can heal and thrive through food.
This honor comes through the Florida Health and Nutrition Coalition, led by Maura Plante, which is translating national models from the Milken Institute and Tufts Food & Nutrition Innovation Institute into action—building Regional Networks of Excellence ready to scale Food is Medicine solutions statewide.
Together, we’re working toward a future where community organizations, hospitals, health plans, and food providers align to integrate nutrition into healthcare.
The potential?
A $1.6 billion marketplace over the next 10 years dedicated to improving health through food. 🌱
And none of this is possible without our local farmers—shout-out to our partners like Theo’s Harvest and Shady Oaks, LLC Farms.
Because without fresh food, there is no Food is Medicine. 💚
👉 Register to join us for free at the Florida Food is Medicine Symposium—in person or online.
