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g whole grains and fruits and vegetables hospitals around the country are linking their operations to impacts on human and environmental health and an emerging part of this trend is increased attention to food service health care without harm hcwh is joined in its work to encourage support for local sustainable food by major medical associations in 2007 the american public health association recognized the urgency of transforming our food system and passed a policy to promote environmental sustainability improve nutritional health and ensure social justice that same year the california medical association passed a resolution that encourages hospitals to adopt policies that increase the purchasing and serving of local sustainable food when hospitals serve and promote nutritious local sustainably grown food to patients families staff and visitors hospitals are modeling preventive medicine stated sue heffernan rn mn clinical nurse specialist at seattle children s hospital across the country pledged hospitals are continuously working to address the public and environmental health impacts from current industrialized food production practices by sourcing nutritious local sustainable food for more information and expert list please contact holly freishtat wpsr sustainable food specialist food society fellow 360 391 2888 holly cultivatehealth com heath care without harm an international coalition of more than 473 organizations in 52 countries is working to transform the health care sector without compromising patient safety or care so that it is ecologically sustainable and no longer a source of harm to public health and the environment for more information on the healthy food pledge see http www noharm org us food pledge to learn more about hcwh s work on food and other issues related to health care www healthyfoodinhealthcare org to view the healthy food in healthcare pledge report the 2007 california medical association resolution encourages hospitals to adopt policies and implement practices that increase the purchasing and serving of food that promotes health and prevents disease included are meat and dairy products produced without non therapeutic antibiotics meats derived from non cafo sources such as free range animals food grown on non industrial agricultural operations such as small and medium sized local farms and food grown according to organic or other methods that emphasize renewable resources ecological the 2007 american public health association policy towards a healthy sustainable food system urges support of environmentally sound agricultural practices to reduce contamination resource use climate change in addition to improved food labeling for country of origin and genetic modification and a ban on non therapeutic antimicrobial and arsenic use it recognizes the urgency of transforming our food system to promote environmental sustainability improve nutritional health and ensure social justice may 27 2008 rocket science an edible rooftop garden in portland posted by beetknits under agribusiness oregon rooftop and container gardens urban agriculture urban planning tags city farmer city garden city rooftop consumerism container gardening ecoroof edible skylines efficiency energy how to hydroponics kiddie pool local food local produce oregon organic portland or restaurant reuse rocket building rooftop agriculture rooftop garden skyscraper soil sustainability sustainable sustainable food urban agriculture urban bounty farm urban farm urban gardening vegetable vegetable gardening leave a comment photo by kym pokorny from her blog dig in with kym if you look around and see all the flat roofs you can start to imagine a food sustainable city says marc boucher colbert one of the partners who contracts with rocket restaurant to design and maintain the garden we ve taken away all this space but we can reclaim it click here to read the article at city farmer news may 27 2008 one country s table scraps another country s meal posted by beetknits under agribusiness food policy hunger international news poverty waste and reuse tags america compst consumers consumption dump excess expenses food food bank food crisis food policy food shortages food waste garbage grocery landfill leftovers recycle reuse trash usda waste wasted food leave a comment grocery bills are rising through the roof food banks are running short of donations and food shortages are causing sporadic riots in poor countries through the world you d never know it if you saw what was ending up in your landfill as it turns out americans waste an astounding amount of food an estimated 27 percent of the food available for consumption according to a government study and it happens at the supermarket in restaurants and cafeterias and in your very own kitchen it works out to about a pound of food every day for every american grocery stores discard products because of spoilage or minor cosmetic blemishes restaurants throw away what they don t use and consumers toss out everything from bananas that have turned brown to last week s chinese leftovers in 1997 in one of the few studies of food waste the department of agriculture estimated that two years before 96 4 billion pounds of the 356 billion pounds of edible food in the united states was never eaten fresh produce milk grain products and sweeteners made up two thirds of the waste an update is under way after president bush said recently that india s burgeoning middle class was helping to push up food prices by demanding better food officials in india complained that not only do americans eat too much if they slimmed down to the weight of middle class indians said one many people in sub saharan africa would find food on their plate but they also throw out too much foo d click here to read the rest of the new york times article here is an awesome blog all about wasted food may 27 2008 anna lappé maverick farms and the next generation of farmers posted by beetknits under agribusiness north carolina vids pics and clips tags agribusiness anna lappé business community supported agriculture crop csa farm farm incubator and grower program food security food system growing land trusts local local food maverick farms mentoring north carolina small business small farm small planet institute small scale farming social southeast sustainable agriculture sustainable food training vegetable video youth leave a comment watch this video from msn about maverick farms hosted by anna lappé of the small planet institute maverick farms is an educational non profit farm dedicated to family farming as a community resource and reconnecting local food networks maverick farms formed in spring 2004 to preserve a small farm in the blue ridge mountains of north carolina an area under intense pressure from development it operates as an open laboratory experimenting with human scale farming techniques and traditional food preparation maverick farms works to reclaim the pleasures of eating and sharing meals in a culture overrun by industrial agriculture and flavorless food the project arose out of springhouse farm which for 30 years sold hand picked vegetables to local restaurants maverick farms is continuing with that tradition while embarking on new education and outreach projects to connect local food producers and consumers they just started a new program that they call farm incubator and grower program fig on mentoring aspiring young farmers and teaching them over the course of two years all that great stuff you need to know about planning crop rotations and balancing farm budgets and running a csa and restaurant supply business on successful completion of the training maverick works with the young farmers gain access to land financing equipment and a ready made markets to launch their own farm enterprises the program will hopefully help to reestablish local food sources in the area because viable local food systems are often constrained by a lack of both land under cultivation and new farmers fig will collaborate with local landowners land trusts and town and county governments to identify land that could be rented at below market rates or deeded as common agricultural property i found maverick farms from this grist article grist is great for all environmental news may 25 2008 southeast regional farm to school conference posted by beetknits under agribusiness events food policy school gardens tags appalachian education events farm to school local food locovore southeast sustainable sustainable agriculture 1 comment thursday july 17th asheville nc sponsored by the appalachian sustainable agriculture project and the community farm alliance southeast regional lead agencies for the national farm to school network what is growing minds farm to school program as part of a national farm to school initiative growing minds is the appalachian sustainable agriculture project s asap farm to school training program growing minds strives to cultivate mutually beneficial relationships between farms and schools that create dynamic wellness focused learning environments for our children we do this by working with farmers educators and communities to serve local food in schools while expanding opportunities for farm field trips experiential nutrition education and school gardens currently at least one of these four components is being implemented in buncombe haywood henderson madison mitchell rutherford and yancey county as well as asheville city schools who should attend the farm to school conference if you live work in kentucky tennessee north carolina south carolina georgia or florida and are either an agriculture professional farmer child nutrition director food distributor or school personnel and are currently involved in farm to school work or plan to be you should be there workshop topics include making the pitch to child nutrition directors policy panel distribution opportunities and challenges connecting 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