With employer-led food-as-health gaining importance in the food as medicine movement, The Milken Institute’s Food as Change report, ‘A Blueprint for Employer-led Food as Health Strategies,’ published in June 2025, makes a strong business case for why companies should invest in comprehensive food-based health approaches.
Clareo’s Food team, including Scott Bowman and Maggie Biscarr, provided strategic insights for this pioneering analysis on how employers can move beyond traditional healthcare models to meaningfully improve employee wellbeing through nutrition.
The report highlights seven key reasons why executives should focus on food as medicine approaches, detailing five main opportunity areas: incentivizing and funding food interventions, positioning employers as centers for workforce health, connecting care while empowering individuals to choose, driving community health transformation, and building local coalitions. As healthcare costs continue to climb and the link between nutrition and chronic disease becomes more evident, these strategies provide employers with a strong return on investment while boosting outcomes for their workforce and local communities.
At this stage in the development of the Food as Medicine movement, employers have a unique opportunity to influence the health of millions and shape the understanding of how food affects personal health.
Read the full report at The Milken Institute (free download).
