Healthy Food News Stories

Hospitals are making headlines for their important work to adopt healthier food purchasing practices. Here is a sampling of recent news:

• Catholic Healthcare West rejects genetically engineered and cloned foods
• Time Magazine — Healthier Hospital Food: It's no accident that a punk-rock band from Salt Lake City, Utah, called itself Hospital Food. The typical fare at medical centers is ba-a-a-ad. "When you say 'hospital food,' people laugh because it's so lousy," says Jamie Harvie of Health Care Without Harm. But there's hope...Some health-minded activists have launched a movement to serve patients fresh, seasonal food, and hospitals are beginning to change their menus accordingly.
• CBS TV Boston — Locally Grown Food in Hospitals: Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton
• National Public Radio, Living on Earth — Hospitals Buying Local: NPR interviewed Baystate Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente, and HCWH's own Jamie Harvie for a segment on healthy food in health care. Follow the link to read a transcript or listen to the broadcast (mp3).
• Wall Street Journal — Hospital Food That Won't Make You Sick: Fresher, Tastier Dishes Emerge In Effort to Improve Nutrition
• New York Times — For Hospital Menus, Overdue Surgery
• Associated Press — Hospitals go organic for patients' health: Some have created farmers markets or hired chefs in focus on nutrition
• San Francisco Chronicle — Healthier food shopping in hospitals: Read about the new healthy grocery store in Kaiser Permanente's Oakland Medical Center.