Our Work 

PEL will partner with health and environmental NGOs to: 

• promote internal policy change to reduce climate impact,

• educate and train staff on nutrition and its impacts on Non-Communicable Diseases and the planet and

• develop meaningful pathways and commitments for improving or sustaining helpful eating for the people we serve.

PEL will support patients and their communities to improve or sustain healthful eating by: 

• assessing local food systems to identify gaps and opportunities,

• Supporting the inclusion of nutrition as a key part of health protocols,

• improving malnutrition programming,

• promoting and supporting micro/subsistence agriculture (e.g., kitchen gardens at home),

• implementing small listening and educational initiatives to discuss nutrition.

PEL will implement  Food is Medicine programs by: 

• using the Navajo fruits and vegetables prescription project as our base case example,

• developing protocols on the prevention and treatment of diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and other diseases for health center sites,

• introducing the treatment programs in the clinics that include food and  

• working with ministries of health to implement national diet protocols.

PEL will  spread the planetary health diet and PEL’s mission  globally by

• tracking internal and external policy change,

• tracking the health outcomes of our patients, 

• developing and promoting a framework for food & health system transformation,

• partnering with aligned organizations (e.g., Nutritionfact.org, EAT Lancet Commission) and

• write, speak, and learn.