Advancing Food is Medicine 2026
2026 Theme: Regenerating Communities
2026 SPEAKERS | 2026 PARTNERS | CONFERENCE REPLAY (Coming soon)
That's a wrap, folks! Attendees from 23 states gathered in Oklahoma to learn and share about the hard work they are doing to bring health and economic opportunities back to their communities. The 2026 event is over, but that doesn't mean you've missed the opportunity to learn. Check out the conference replays on the Think Regeneration YouTube channel (coming soon).
WHAT'S NEXT?
Although we've just wrapped up the event for this year, we are already hard at work on plans for next year. Want to help us shape what's next for farm-to-food-is-medicine? What do you need to learn about? Who do you need to connect with? Email your ideas to denise@thinkregeneration.com with the subject line "AFIM 2027."
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Special Thanks to Our 2026 Partners
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Advancing Food is Medicine Highlights
Watch a 4-minute highlight reel featuring interviews with the 2025 Advancing Food is Medicine speaker lineup.
Advancing Food is Medicine 2025 Full Replay
Free livestream replay from Think Regeneration! Join us for a replay of our third Advancing Food is Medicine program Oct. 25-26, 2025, in Edmond, Oklahoma. Featuring leaders like Dr. Jonathan Lundgren, Erin Martin, Dr. Stephan van Vliet, Sherry Hess, Marty Travis, Herb Young, and many, many more! Sponsored by OCIA/USDA-TOPP.
Farm Talk Covers Advancing Food is Medicine 2025
Since 1974, Farm Talk Newspaper has served the production agriculture and agribusiness community of southeast Kansas, southwest Missouri, northeast Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas. Published each Wednesday, Farm Talk subscribers receive in-depth management and market information as well as a host of entertainment features.
2025 Keynote Replay: Dr. Jonathan Lundgren
Does regenerative agriculture support human health outcomes? Yes! Dr. Jonathan Lundgren founded Ecdysis Foundation & Blue Dasher Farm as a research foundation as well as training ground for future scientists and farmers. He currently runs a study of 1,000 farms across the United States that are moving toward regenerative outcomes. He is an agroecologist, farmer, rancher, and beekeeper.
2025 Replay: Herb Young
When Herb Young purchased a Georgia farm after a 40-year career in the chemical industry, he had no idea what was about to hit him. Getting his hands in the dirt taught him that that the true foundation of sustainable agriculture lies in the soil’s microbial ecology. He now spends full time in the grove testing every idea that comes to mind and nursing trees into production.
2025 Replay: Sherry Hess
Immersed in the regenerative food space, Sherry Hess has donned many hats within the industry--from spice blend manufacturing, restaurant management, Executive Chef and product development for Oncobitez nutrition bites. Her on stage talks (including Tedx) and presentations evoke personal curiosity and self empowerment by revealing nature's connections between flavor, nutrients and humanity.
2025 Replay: Erin Martin, Dr. Stephen Chen, Dr. Jaclyn Lewis Albin
Featuring Erin Martin, FreshRx Oklahoma: Erin Martin founded FreshRx Oklahoma, one of the first prescription food pilot programs of its kind in the country. Dr. Chen is the Chief Medical Officer of Alameda County Recipe4Health, a nationally recognized Food as Medicine program prescribing regenerative and organic produce with health coaching to address chronic conditions and food insecurity. Dr. Jaclyn Lewis Albin, UT Southwestern: Dr. Albin serves as Director of Culinary Medicine and Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Public Health at UT Southwestern. She teaches nutrition and care innovation through hands-on cooking.
2025 Replay: Dr. Casey Carr
Join the replay of our third Advancing Food is Medicine program's presentation from Dr. Casey Carr. Dr. Casey Carr is a primary care physician in Idaho who places Food as Medicine at the center of her practice. As a Cornell graduate in Nutritional Sciences, she sought out farming experiences to reconnect with food before going to medical school. Believing quality health outcomes depend on quality food and soil, Dr. Casey melds her passions for nutrition, food, farming and medicine in her care for patients.
2025 Replay: Dr. Stephan van Vliet
Join the replay of our third Advancing Food is Medicine program's presentation from Dr. Stephan van Vliet, the Director of the Center for Human Nutrition Studies at Utah State University. Dr. van Vliet’s research is performed at the nexus of agricultural and human health. He routinely collaborates with farmers, ecologists and agricultural scientists to study critical linkages between sustainable agriculture, the nutrient density of food and human health.
Advancing Food is Medicine Short Documentary
In this 2024 documentary produced by acclaimed filmmaker Matt Wechsler, you'll hear from leading voices in this movement who are connecting prescription food programs to regenerative farms and ranchers, systems that are proving to carry more capacity for nutritious food due to their focus on soil health, soil microbiology, and systems that don't require synthetic pesticides and fertilizers
Funded Through the U.S.D.A. TOPP Program
ABOUT OUR FUNDING PARTNERS
Starting in 2023, Think Regeneration has been an official partner of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP) program, serving farmers and ranchers with economic development and community building tools to help them transition to organic farming. The program, made up of many organizations—see below—will be working together across the U.S. to:
- Connect transitioning farmers with mentors for at least one year after certification.
- Build paid mentoring networks to share practical insights and advice.
- Provide community building opportunities to include:
- Train-the-mentor support
- Technical assistance
- Workshops and field days covering topics including organic production practices, certification, conservation planning, business development (including navigating the supply chain), regulations, and marketing
- Help producers overcome technical, cultural, and financial shifts during and following certification.
- Engage educational and training institutions (including crop advisors and extension agents) on organic workforce training and education and future human capital planning.
A special thank you to the Organic Crop Improvement Association (OCIA) for its support.
More on TOPP
Return to this page to learn more about how Think Regeneration is helping organic farmers transition. You can learn more about the TOPP program at the U.S.D.A. website.
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