In this engaging conversation, Corby sat down with the food enthusiast at J More Living to discuss his wide-ranging career and the Aspen Institute’s newly launched Food is Medicine Community Action Plan. Corby explains how the plan empowers community-based organizations like food pantries, faith groups, and schools to implement food-based health interventions rooted in community trust, while also addressing the funding and stakeholder challenges that come with scaling Food is Medicine nationwide. The conversation weaves between the personal and the professional, from his childhood as fifth-generation Jewish farmers in rural Connecticut and Saturday hamburgers at Friendly’s, to his pivot from globe-trotting food journalist to institution builder, his thoughts on the transformation of restaurant criticism in the age of social media, the economic reality of price stickiness for food-insecure families, and his enduring belief that this moment—with nutrition at the top of the national policy agenda—holds real and exciting potential for change.
