Today the Rural Action Sustainable Agriculture (RASA) team took fresh, local produce from the farmers of the Chesterhill Produce Auction to Camden Clark Medical Center in Parkersburg, West Virginia to set up an in-hospital farmer’s market. This was the inaugural event of RASA’s Farm-to-Hospital program, the latest off-shoot of RASA’s Country Fresh Stops produce branding work.
The market open in the morning and quickly sold out as hospital employees and visitors gathered
around the bustling lobby market. Nurses, doctors, and hospital personnel went home with fresh, local cabbage, peppers, squash, tomatoes, melons, and much more. RASA plans to continue encouraging
fresh, local produce purchases and farm markets at hospitals in the Athens and Parkersburg areas in the future, as well as other local institutions.
The RASA Farm-to-Hospital program is made possible by the Sister’s of Saint Joseph Charitable
Fund, the Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation, and Rural Action’s many partners in the
Parkersburg area food system. If your hospital would like to
have fresh, local produce, please contact Rural Action Sustainable
Agriculture at 740-767-4938 for more information.
Article source: http://ohiofoodshed.blogspot.com/2012/09/farm-to-hospital-at-camden-clark.html
