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Instacart and the Military Family Advisory Network Partner to Support Military Families

Instacart, the leading grocery technology company inNorth America, and Military Family Advisory Network, a national nonprofitdedicated to supporting military and veteran families, recently announced apartnership to provide free groceries and delivery to military families uponrelocation to U.S. Army Fort Cavazos. The partnership will provide over 100military families with $100 in monthly Instacart Health Fresh Funds stipendsfor three months after relocation to the Army base in central Texas.

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Serving Up Healthy Foods for those Most in Need

However, people that are critically ill may also be immobile or live in an area with limited access to healthy and affordable foods, also known as a food desert, and may not be able to maintain a healthy diet on their own. The combination of limited access to nutritious food, a lack of financial resources, and the complexity of adhering to dietary recommendations, make an already scary situation even more difficult.

Building A Successful Partnership Starts with a Shared Vision

Both NACDS and the Milken Institute’s Feeding Change (Feeding Change), shared a common vision to make Food Is Medicine easily accessible to all. Together, with NACDS’ expertise on pharmacies and Feeding Change’s expertise on food systems, the opportunity to explore how pharmacies could be leveraged to advance access to Food Is Medicine became a natural fit for collaboration.