Introducing the FED Principle®

Transforming Food is Medicine with Fidelity, Equity, and Dignity (FED)

On January 17, 2024, experts shared insights on Fidelity, Equity, and Dignity in Produce Prescriptions. Watch the full webinar to learn more. 

Gain access to our comprehensive resource library of tools and field research reports, including the collaborative FED Community Workbook – designed to deepen equity in your Produce Prescription programming.

The FED Principle® is an innovative model that centers the core values of Fidelity, Equity, and Dignity (FED) in the Food Is Medicine field. Developed collaboratively by partners Benjamin Perkins, Wholesome Wave, DAISA Enterprises, and the Yale Griffin Prevention Research Center (YG-PRC), the FED Principle® is grounded in community-led design -- centering the participation and lived expertise of program participants and community members.

The Fidelity, Equity, and Dignity (FED) Principle®

The FED Principle® was designed to provide clear and rigorous guidelines through which PRx programs can better embed racial justice values into their program operations and partnership development. It refers to 3 core values:

Fidelity

The belief and commitment that meeting communities where they are, means building solutions that serve them.

Programs should serve communities and not the other way around.

Equity

We work tirelessly to ensure that our efforts increase access to nutritional foods for our most vulnerable community members, and we should always interrogate our policies and practices to ensure that we are achieving that goal.

Dignity

Human beings have inherent worth regardless of their station in life, which is why we are all deserving of health and wellbeing. Nutritious food is the vehicle by which we affirm and celebrate human dignity.

Download Resources & Join the FED Community

Fill out the form below to download our library of tools and field research reports, including the collaborative FED Community Workbook – designed to deepen equity in Produce Prescription programming.

For questions, assistance, collaboration, or to contribute to the ongoing development of the FED Community Workbook, contact us at fed@wholesomewave.org

Resources

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Innovations & Barriers: Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Leadership in the Produce Prescription Field
Scan of Technology Solutions in the Produce Prescription Field
Produce Prescription Programs US Field Scan Report: 2010-2020
FED Community Workbook
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Join us for webinars and discussions on the FED Principle® and the FED Community Workbook. Be part of a dynamic and growing community working towards a more equitable Food is Medicine field.

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