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The challenges with Styrofoam, how composting and recycling works with food ware, and how to select sustainable food ware.
Type: Resources
This tool is designed to support hospitals in tracking sustainable food purchasing and local food purchasing and aligns with the data tracking needs at Practice Greenhealth.
Type: Resources
Amber is a dietitian with a master’s in food policy from the Tufts Friedman School. She has worked for over a decade in food and nutrition with diverse experience in policy, education, and clinical care. She works in the Southwest and Oregon to support the health care sector in purchasing more local, sustainable food and investing in upstream interventions to build a healthier food system. Amber is also a mom, runner, and fan of bad puns.
Type: Staff
Educate your patrons about how a plant-forward diet supports the environment with these fun and engaging resources.
An infographic (two design options below) illustrates the benefits of choosing a plant-forward meal and can be used to educate and reinforce patrons' good feelings after purchasing climate-friendly food.
A consumer-facing webpage practicegreenhealth.org/plantforwardpower displays the infographic (along with some fun facts), and you can direct your patrons to it using our matching printable teaser posters (two design options below) that features a QR code.
Type: Resources
Build a strong base for your food efforts through progressive policies and plans, engaged and empowered teams, transformative community collaboration, and supportive public policy and programs.
Health care institutions have an opportunity to influence broad food system impacts for their patients, staff, and communities – but to realize this potential it is important to first set the foundation.
Establishing progressive goals – based on a thorough assessment of current activities and designed with leadership, staff, and community input – will set your facility on the road to success. By… 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
KEY TAKEAWAYS
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 partnered with our… Read More
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(Transportation toolkit) Routific’s route optimization solution saved time in both planning and execution of driver routes, thus reducing costs as well as the total number of vehicles needed for the Spring Hope food drive in Vancouver, Canada.
Type: Resources
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The Greenhealth Approved seal is currently applicable to products meeting Safer Chemicals criteria including:
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Products that improve on the categories* listed are being evaluated for inclusion. As the program expands, other sustainability factors may be included and evaluated.
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This toolkit introduces the core elements of antimicrobial stewardship for health care facilities and health professionals and offers some important strategies for becoming an effective policy advocate.
Type: Resources
Plant-forward is here to stay
Hospitals throughout the nation are serving less meat and a plethora of gourmet plant-forward meals that would be could be found in the menu at a high-end, trendy restaurant. As Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York discovered, this strategy satisfies customer demand while meeting patient health and environmental goals. They are not alone. Fifty-eight percent of facilities in our network reduced the amount of meat they purchased for cafeteria and patient service, according to data from the most recent Practice Greenhealth Environmental Excellence… Read More
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