Implementation of a Rooftop Farm Integrated With a Teaching Kitchen and Preventive Food Pantry in a Hospital Setting.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305116 and PMC identifier 6611106.
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Abstract
Safety-net hospitals serving populations with disproportionately high levels of poverty, food insecurity, and chronic disease can utilize innovative strategies to improve the health and environment of their communities. Boston Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, constructed an on-site rooftop farm to provide fresh produce for the hospital's preventive food pantry, teaching kitchen, cafeterias, and inpatient meal services. This novel model can be replicated by other organizations aiming to alleviate food insecurity, encourage healthy eating, and promote environmental sustainability.
Medical subject headings
- Diet, Healthy
- Farms
- Food Supply
- Health Promotion
- Horticulture
- Hospitals