Hospital food is having a moment. Recent federal guidance, including a CMS Special Alert on hospital nutrition, and the HHS Healthy Hospitals Pledge have put new attention on the food environments where patients, staff, and visitors eat every day. For the people doing this work, that attention brings opportunity, and also new pressure to act.

The Food Service Guidelines Collaborative (FSGC) is launching the Healthy Hospitals Network, a new quarterly peer learning community for professionals working to improve food environments in hospital and healthcare settings. Whether you work inside a hospital system or support hospitals through a public health, nonprofit, or academic role, this network is built for you.

Starting in October 2026, members will connect through a kickoff webinar and ongoing quarterly sessions covering the practical steps of this work, from building leadership buy-in to strengthening contracts and procurement to sustaining change over time. Sessions are grounded in real practitioner experience, not just theory, and designed to give you tools, language, and peer connections you can put to use right away.