The PLANT Providers

North Carolina is the only state in the South to have a Medicaid pilot program that includes healthy food interventions

https://www.ncdhhs.gov/about/department-initiatives/healthy-opportunities/healthy-opportunities-pilots

The American College of Lifestyle Medicine is now the fastest growing professional medical association in the United States and their core component is whole food plant based nutrition

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35185420

NYC mayor Eric Adams is leading the lifestyle movement in many ways, including in public schools and in healthcare

https://www.nyc.gov/site/doh/about/press/pr2023/nyc-launches-eat-a-whole-lot-more-plants.page

At a US Conference of Mayors meeting, 1400 mayors all endorsed a new resolution about adopting plant-based food in areas such as schools, hospitals, and social services

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/american-college-of-lifestyle-medicine-applauds-us-mayors-for-recently-adopted-resolution-on-plant-based-approach-to-chronic-disease-climate-fiscal-sustainability-301881016.html

One of the core components of the Biden Harris Administration National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health is a Food as Medicine initiative

https://www.fimcoalition.org/white-house-conference-on-hunger-nutrition-and-health

The food as medicine movement is gaining support by the current administration, Congress, local and state governments, charitable foundations, non profits, community based organizations, insurance companies, and government agencies like CMS, FDA, HHS, and USDA