Tools and resources

Purchaser's guide to sourcing sustainable coffee and tea

• Food
• Food and Beverage Purchasing

Coffee and tea production have become increasingly industrialized since the 1970s relying on more chemical-intensive fertilization and pest control techniques and other practices that can have many negative social, economic, and human and environmental health impacts. As organizations that purchase, serve or otherwise make coffee and tea readily available to patients, staff and visitors, health…

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Redefining protein: Purchasing considerations (Health Care Without Harm)

• Food
• Food and Beverage Purchasing
• Mitigation
• Purchasing

[Plant-Forward Future] Research reveals that certain dietary patterns have been noted to have the ideal composition for human health and reduced environmental impact. This guide offers procurement recommendations based on values of sustainability, nutrition, social, and animal welfare concerns. These considerations were generated based on findings detailed in "Redefining protein: Adjusting diets…

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Delivering community benefit: Healthy food playbook (Health Care Without Harm)

• Food
• Community Benefit and Wellness
• Toolkit

(Health Care Without Harm) Hospitals can tackle food insecurity, obesity, and chronic disease while promoting healthy, local, and sustainable food systems. The “Delivering community benefit: Healthy food playbook” inspires and supports health professionals with resources to address diet-related community health needs.

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Video: Delivering community benefit: Healthy food playbook

• Food
• Community Benefit and Wellness

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Community gardens and farms

• Food
• Community Benefit and Wellness

(Health Care Without Harm) Community gardens can take a variety of forms including rooftop gardens, schoolyard gardens, backyard gardens and neighborhood gardens.

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Farmers markets, mobile markets and community-supported agriculture

• Food
• Community Benefit and Wellness

(Health Care Without Harm) Farmers markets, mobile markets, and community-supported agriculture (CSA) programs promote access to healthy foods and can strengthen sustainable food systems by supporting local producers while improving the affordability of fresh, local produce for low-income communities. 

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Sample Email: Employee Community Supported Agriculture Offering

• Food

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Health and economic benefits from hospital investment in a sustainable food system

• Food
• Food System
• White Paper
• Guide

The support of health care administrators is needed to link the healing mission of hospitals to the purchasing and serving of sustainably produced food that is healthy for patients, staff, and guests. These purchasing patterns will help to transform the food system at large into a system that supports human health, environmental stewardship, and social justice for farm workers The current food…

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Sample email: Employee community supported agriculture offering

• Tool
• Employee engagement
• Food
• Community Benefit and Wellness
• Toolkit

(Employee engagement toolkit) Here is a sample marketing email that your system can use to internally promote the employee community-supported agriculture offering.

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Less Meat, Better Meat Tracking Tool

• Food
• Less Meat
• Food Tool

This tool is designed to support hospitals in tracking overall reduction in meat purchasing and increases in purchases of meat and poultry raised without routine, non-therapeutic antibiotics, and aligns with the data tracking needs at Practice Greenhealth.

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