Mike Cangi
Founder & CEO
Food is Medicine + healthcare innovation
Board of Visitors, Temple University Barnett College of Public Health • Delaware Food Is Medicine Committee • Philadelphia Food is Medicine
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Food-first care for cardiometabolic disease
We put the food behind the recommendation.
Clinical nutrition care, medically tailored groceries, and human support in one continuous patient experience.
120,000+ deliveriesClinical provider + NPIPhiladelphia Teaching KitchenHealth plan infrastructure
Built in Philadelphia. Ready for New Jersey.
Food-first care for cardiometabolic disease
We put the food behind the recommendation.
Clinical nutrition care, medically tailored groceries, and human support in one continuous patient experience.
02 / 13SciTech Scity · 09.22.26
This is already happening
Built in the real world, not in a pitch deck.
120,000+
Medically tailored grocery deliveries
Paid health plan programs
Penn NursingPilot partner
Pilot partner
Portfolio company
“Through our partnership with FareRx, our Community Health Workers are turning health education into real-life action across the City of Philadelphia.”
“When food is medicine and community is the foundation, real change happens.”
Sheila Jones
Community Health Worker Supervisor
Office of Community Empowerment & Opportunity · City of Philadelphia
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Field leadership
Part of the movement shaping Food is Medicine.
The Aspen Institute
Featured in the Food is Medicine Community Action Plan
National Produce Prescription Collaborative
Member organization
New York State Food Summit
2026 speaker
In the field
Contributing to the national Food is Medicine conversation.
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Clinical care. Food. One program.
The lesson doesn’t end when the appointment does. The food goes home.
01
Clinical nutrition care
RD-led care, assessment, and education.
02
Medically tailored groceries
Food designed around the population.
03
Member Hospitality
Real people. Real conversations. No app required.
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Designed around the patient
Food is personal. Care should be too.
FareRx designs each program around the population it serves, including the food people eat, the languages they speak, and the realities that shape their health.
Culture + food preferences
Groceries and recipes designed around what members actually eat.
Language
Communications, education, and clinical support adapted to the population.
Health literacy
Practical education designed to work outside the clinic.
Local context
Programs shaped around the communities, conditions, and barriers being served.
We don’t ask patients to adapt to the program. We adapt the program to the patient.
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Why the model works
Most nutrition care stops at the recommendation.
“Eat differently.”
“Lose weight.”
“Control your A1c.”
“Lose weight.”
“Control your A1c.”
Then the patient goes home.
FareRx continues the care journey
01Recommendation
02Education
03Food
04Practice
05Human support
06Measurement
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Local people. Real follow-through.
Member Hospitality
Healthcare doesn’t need another login.
No app required.Dedicated human support.Phone-first engagement.Real people. Real follow-through.
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The first thing we can do together
One referral. FareRx handles the rest.
Minimal provider workflow
01
Provider identifies patient
02
FareRx enrolls + establishes baseline
03
Clinical nutrition care
04
Weekly tailored groceries
05
Ongoing member engagement
06
Care + outcomes returned to provider
FareRx can return clinical information through existing EHR workflows.
No new clinic footprintNo new appNo equipmentMinimal provider burden
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What we can prove together
Measure what changes.
Clinical
A1c
Blood pressure
Weight / BMI
Blood pressure
Weight / BMI
Utilization
ED visits
Admissions
Length of stay
Admissions
Length of stay
Engagement
Enrollment
Retention
Completion
Retention
Completion
Baseline Intervention 90-day follow-up
Endpoints are designed with the partner before enrollment begins.
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A practical path to start
We don’t need reimbursement to be perfect.
Clinical care
Eligible clinical services
Existing insurance reimbursement
Food
Weekly medically tailored groceries
Flexible pilot or benefit funding
Pilot evidence sustainable reimbursement
Health plan benefits · NJ FamilyCare / 1115 pathways · Value-based care · Shared savings · Public funding
The same FareRx care model can operate across health plans, health systems, and public-sector programs.
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Ready for healthcare
The infrastructure already exists.
ClinicalComplianceSecurityInteroperability
SOC 2 Type IIHIPAA-compliant programLicensed clinical entityNPICredentialed payer relationshipsEpic-capable platform30–60 day implementationThird-party security reviews
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Built by operators. Delivered by clinicians.
A team built to operate inside healthcare.
Kenneth Rice, MD
Supervising Physician
Clinical oversight
Kathryn Oakes, RDN, LDN
Clinical Nutrition Lead
Nutrition program delivery
Jean Fox
Philadelphia Operations
Food + member experience
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The invitation
Let’s build the New Jersey model for food-first care.
Health system
Referral-based cardiometabolic care
Health plan
Claims-based benefit integration
Public sector
NJ FamilyCare + population health pathways
Start with the right population. Prove what works. Build the path to scale.