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Implementation of a Rooftop Farm Integrated With a Teaching Kitchen and Preventive Food Pantry in a Hospital Setting
Aviva A Musicus1, Kelsey A Vercammen1, Aarohee P Fulay1
1Aviva A. Musicus, Aarohee P. Fulay, and Eric B. Rimm are with the Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. E. B. Rimm and Kelsey A. Vercammen are with the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. Alyssa J. Moran is with the Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. Tracey Burg, Lindsay Allen, David Maffeo, and Andi Berger are with Boston Medical Center, Boston.
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.
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