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Food Resources
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New materials by HCWH Europe
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Reports about sustainable food sourcing
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Examples of good practice around food in healthcare
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Information about food miles
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Information about pesticides and health
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Other items of interest (e.g. HCWHE newsletter and antibiotic use in farming)
New Materials by HCWH Europe
 Report: Fresh, local and organic. A successful recipe for improving Europe’s hospital food. (HCWHE, 1.5 MB pdf)
Describes the economic, health and social benefits of sustainable food sourcing to inspire other hospitals to start similar projects. Includes case studies from six countries on organic and local food procurement in Europe.
Factsheet: Better food, better health, better environment: the benefits of sustainable food procurement in hospitals. (HCWHE, pdf)
Sustainable food procurement is a buying policy which favours minimally processed, locally produced, organic, seasonal and fairly traded foods. This factsheet explains why sustainable food procurement is capturing the imagination of healthcare providers.
French | German | Dutch version (pdf)
Factsheet: Recipe for change: 10 “golden rules” for getting more local and organic food onto hospital menus. (HCWHE, pdf)
Factsheet explaining how hospitals have succeeded in providing patients with more appetising and nutritious meals for patients, made with more local and organic ingredients.
French | German | Dutch version (pdf)
Factsheet: Model menu for sustainable food (HCWHE, pdf)
Factsheet describing the differences between the old and new menu at the Royal Brompton Hospital (London), one of the UK’s leading hospitals in terms of sustainable food procurement.
French | German | Dutch version (pdf)
Reports about Sustainable Food Sourcing
Fresh, local and organic. A successful recipe for improving Europe’s hospital food. (HCWHE, 1.5 MB pdf)
Describes the economic, health and social benefits of sustainable food sourcing to inspire other hospitals to start similar projects. Includes case studies from six countries on organic and local food procurement in Europe. See also supporting factsheets based on the report:
Better food, better health, better environment (pdf)
Recipe for change (pdf)
Model menu for sustainable food (pdf)
Redefining Healthy Food: An Ecological Health Approach to Food Production, Distribution, and Procurement. “For approximately the last sixty years, we have experimented with an attempt to impose an industrialized approach to agricultural production [...] and the system has responded with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, morbidity and mortality from nutrition-related diseases, water and air pollution, and food marketing.” (HCWH, 600kb pdf)
Sustainable Food in Care Catering (Sustain, UK, link)
Briefing paper on the opportunities for sustainable food procurement in care catering (Sustain, UK)
A Better Approach to Hospital Food (Soil Association, UK, link)
Report detailing successes in introducing fresh, local food into three Cornish hospitals.
Sustainable food and the NHS (King's Fund, UK, link)
Paper including a framework to help organisations assess their procurement and catering practices. Recommends policies, menu designs and contract specifications.
Getting More Sustainable Food into London’s Hospitals (Sustain, UK, pdf)
Interim report by Sustain on the success of their work on sustainable food sourcing with four London hospitals. Order pdf of the report. Download the original feasibility study.
Examples of Good Practice
Healthy Food, Healthy Hospitals, Healthy Communities (pdf)
Report documenting stories of health care leaders bringing fresher, healthier food choices to their patients, staff, and communities (USA, 2005)
Machbarkeitsstudie zur Maximierung des Einsatzes Biologischer Lebensmittel in Grossküchen...
Part One (German) | Part Two (German) | English Summary (pdf)
Final report about Vienna Hospital Association's successes in introducing more organic food into their catering
Reduction of Kitchen Waste at Steiermark Hospital, Austria
Account of how an Austrian hospital reduced kitchen waste (pdf)
London Hospital Food Project
Summary of Sustain’s efforts to introduce sustainable food into four London hospitals, with lessons learned
Food Miles
Tukker et al. “Environmental Impact of Products” (2005) (pdf)
Evidence that what we eat has more impact on climate change than any other daily activity
Smith et al. “The Validity of Food Miles as an Indicator of Sustainable Development” (2005) (link)
Assessment of food miles as an indicator of sustainability of development
Health effects of climate change in the UK (UK Dept of Health, 2001) (link)
The Expert Group on Climate Change and Health in the UK reported on the likely impact of climate change on health and its implications for the NHS.
Pesticides
Two studies of pesticide exposures in the womb (both links):
Newby and Howard. “Environmental influences in cancer aetiology” (2006, link)
Systematic review of evidence for health effects of pesticide exposure, made front-page news in UK
"Cut back on pesticides for healthier lives" (PAN Europe and HEAL, pdf)
Report arguing precautionary approach to pesticides, given recent developments in understanding of how they affect health.
Other Items of Interest
HCWHE Newsletter: Features, news and case studies about environmentally responsible healthcare. Subscribe here. Recent food articles include:
MRSA in farm animals (2007, link)
Report five in a series about the use and misuse of antibiotics in agriculture. Link goes to press release from which the report can be downloaded.
http://www.bio-austria.at/
Infoportal for organic farmers and oganic food in Austria (German)
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