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Environmentally sustainable businesses contribute to healthy ecosystems by improving soil health, increasing biodiversity, and reducing the carbon and water footprint of food production, while advancing public health and worker safety. Animal welfare encompasses all aspects of animals’ well-being, and high animal welfare is achieved when an animal’s physical, mental, and behavioral needs are met throughout its life. In this section, we outline purchasing best practices that address both environmental sustainability and high animal welfare.
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While there are several ways to implement your procurement efforts, looking for products that carry third-party verified certifications and vetted label claims is a simple way to ensure you are supporting values-aligned suppliers through your purchasing. Below we’ve listed the third-party certifications and label claims that have been vetted and approved within each of the five value categories that Practice Greenhealth has determined as meaningful.
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Your team will be strongest if it represents the interests of three important Cs: care, cafeteria, and community. As you move through this section, consider how care teams and clinical staff, cafeteria and food service teams, and the community – including patients, neighbors of your facility, and the local civic and business communities – can inform your process and outcomes.
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The Bronx is home to nearly 1.5 million people. According to the New York City Food Bank, the Bronx is also the most food insecure of the five boroughs with nearly one in five residents facing hunger on a daily basis. Nearly half of the residents live below the poverty line.
From a plant-based vegan diet that is helping cardiac patients get and stay healthy to hosting weekly farmers markets and working with bodegas to increase the prevalence of vegetables in the borough, Montefiore is redefining preventative care, influencing the health and… Read More
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“Not only does this project impact greenhouse gasses from keeping food waste out of the landfill, it is also about dollars saved, which is important to hospital administrators, and then there is the food rescue piece which is what is really important to our community.”
– Jack Breezee, Sutter Health regional director of food and nutrition services
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Sutter Health knew they were wasting food but didn’t know how much. They wanted to find a way to reduce food waste – and knew they could help their community at the same time.
Sutter Health… Read More
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This guidance uses the “plan-do-check-act” cycle as a framework for developing and implementing a successful food program. While this guidance focuses primarily on food procurement, much of what you will find below can also be applied to other food-related program areas. It is meant to help you build and assess elements of your food program one step at a time while adapting to new experiences and lessons learned.
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Partnerships between farmers and health professionals are improving food access for the community.
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New Mexico is ranked 37th in the country for overall health and often has some of the worst rankings for social indicators of health, including rates higher than the national average for poverty, low food access, and food insecurity.
Presbyterian Hospital is involved with three innovative projects focused on improving food access and health equity, made possible by their community benefit investments and cross-sector partnerships: La Cosecha… Read More
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Vibrant and resilient regional economies are a forum for communities to regain power in decision-making within their local food system and the land that supports it. In this guidance section, we outline best practices for supporting community wealth building and investment in local and diverse food businesses through your purchasing decisions.
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Purchase locally, sustainably, and equitably produced foods to increase the quality of food you serve, support producers in your community, and build a healthy, sustainable, and resilient food system.
Our guidance leads you through a set of local, sustainable, and equitable food purchasing strategies for authentically and successfully planning and implementing food service programs that can be tailored to help you achieve your goals.
Values-based purchasing
This phrase describes institutional purchasing that prioritizes a defined set of values beyond lowest cost. Health Care Without Harm… Read More
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Practice Greenhealth is the leading sustainable health care organization, delivering environmental solutions to more than 1,500 hospitals and health systems in the United States and Canada. Partnership opportunities include hospitals, health systems, community health organizations, NGOs, nonprofits, government, academic institutions, and the health care value chain.