About

Who We Are

Nourish West Virginia is the Food is Medicine initiative of the WVU Institute for Community & Rural Health, advancing innovative approaches that connect food and nutrition with healthcare, community health, research, education and West Virginia’s food and agriculture system.

Mission

To improve the health and economic prosperity of West Virginia by connecting food, health, agriculture, research, education, and community action.

How We Fulfill Our Mission

Connect

Connect healthcare, communities, researchers, educators, and West Virginia's food and agriculture sector to build a coordinated Food is Medicine ecosystem.

Build

Build the workforce, partnerships, food-system capacity, and implementation infrastructure needed to sustain Food is Medicine implementation, including values-based procurement that connects the purchasing power of healthcare and other anchor institutions with West Virginia farmers, producers, and food businesses.

Advance

Advance Food is Medicine by translating evidence into practice, supporting research, education, implementation and evaluation, and helping effective approaches grow across West Virginia.

Nourish's efforts work builds upon decades of investment in food-system innovation, values-based procurement, farm-to-institution, food-is-medicine program development, workforce development, education, research, and community partnerships.