TY - JOUR
T1 - Implementation of a rooftop farm integrated with a teaching kitchen and preventive food pantry in a hospital setting
AU - Musicus, Aviva A.
AU - Vercammen, Kelsey A.
AU - Fulay, Aarohee P.
AU - Moran, Alyssa J.
AU - Burg, Tracey
AU - Allen, Lindsay
AU - Maffeo, David
AU - Berger, Andi
AU - Rimm, Eric B.
N1 - Funding Information:
A. A. Musicus is supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of
Funding Information:
Health (NIH) under training grant 5T32ES007069-37.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 American Public Health Association Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305116
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305116
M3 - Article
C2 - 31219722
AN - SCOPUS:85068726138
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 109
SP - 1119
EP - 1121
JO - American journal of public health
JF - American journal of public health
IS - 8
ER -