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Reports

  • The Menu of Change Report contains the results of a survey of health care institutions engaged in Healthy Food in Health Care work, from which the 2011 Sustainable Food in Health Care Awards were derived. The 2011 Menu of Change Report also contains a summary of HFHC national initiatives, program highlights from 2010, and detailed information on the winners of the 2011 HCWH awards.
    • 2011 Menu of Change Report
    • 2008 Menu of Change Report
  • Emerging Local Food Purchasing Initiatives in Northern California Hospitals (pdf)
  • Redefining Healthy Food (pdf), a Robert Wood Johnson White Paper
  • Healthy Food, Healthy Hospitals, Healthy Communities (pdf), a May 2005 report by Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy’s Food and Health Program documenting stories of health care leaders bringing fresher, healthier food choices to their patients, staff, and communities
  • Cultivating Common Ground: Linking Health and Sustainable Agriculture (pdf), a report by the Prevention Institute
  • Ripe for Change: Rethinking California's Food Economy (pdf). On the surface, California’s food system is a vision of abundance and prosperity. But a closer look reveals a range of serious problems, including degraded ecosystems, obesity alongside hunger, an ailing farm economy, appalling farmworker conditions, and a distribution system that favors trade over local needs. Meanwhile, control of the entire food system, from seed to table, is being centralized within a handful of corporate giants. A new report by the International Society for Ecology and Culture reveals the connections behind these seemingly isolated problems. See the report summary and full report.

Fact Sheets

  • Antibiotic Resistance and the Agricultural Overuse of Antibiotics Fact Sheet (pdf)
  • Antibiotics, Animal Agriculture, and MRSA: A New Threat (pdf)
  • Farmers' Markets and CSAs on Hospital Grounds (pdf)
  • Feeding Arsenic to Poultry: Is This Good Medicine? (pdf)
  • Food and Food Purchasing: A Role for Health Care (pdf)
  • Healthy Food in Health Care: A Pledge for Hospitals (pdf)
  • Healthy Food in Health Care: A Pledge for Food Service Contractors (pdf)
  • Healthy Food In Health Care: A Menu of Options (pdf)
  • Seasonal Foods: A New Menu for Public Health (pdf)

Policy Statements

  • HCWH's Policy Statement on Antibiotics in Food (pdf)
  • HCWH's Statement on Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH) (pdf)
  • HCWH’s Position Statement on Genetically Engineered Food (pdf)
  • Sample Policy for Purchasing Meat with Reduced Antibiotics (pdf)
  • Catholic Healthcare West Food and Nutrition Vision Statement (doc)
  • Healthy and Sustainable Food Policy, a report by the City and County of San Francisco Department of Public Health Sustainable Food Policy, which applies to all County Hospitals (pdf)
  • Toward a Healthy, Sustainable Food System, an American Public Health Association policy statement

Purchasing Guides

  • Choosing Environmentally Preferable Food Service Ware (pdf)
  • Food Eco-Labels: A Purchasing Guide (pdf)
  • Guide to Poultry Applicable Eco-labels (pdf)
  • Healthy Vending Criteria (pdf)
  • Hydrate for Health: A Call for Healthy Beverages in Health Care (pdf)
  • Integrating Sustainability Requirements Into Health Care Food Service Contracting (pdf)
  • Purchaser's Guide to Sourcing Sustainable Coffee and Tea (pdf)
  • Purchaser's Guide to Sourcing Sustainable Poultry (pdf)
  • Purchasing Guide to Sourcing Dairy Products Without rBGH (pdf)
  • Purchasing Guide to Sourcing Food Without Genetically Engineered Ingredients (pdf)
  • Sample Poultry Supplier Survey Questions (pdf)
  • Strategies to Increase Sustainable Food Options Via GPOs and Distributors (pdf)
  • Sustainability Certifications and Label Claims (pdf)

Educational Materials

  • Reproductive Health and the Industrialized Food System: A Point of Intervention for Health Policy (pdf)
  • Food Matters 2012 calendar, A Year of Healthy Eating (pdf)
  • Food Matters Presentation: Health Impacts of the Industrialized Food System (ppt, pdf)
  • Food Matters Presentation: A Clinical and Public Health Framework for Food-Related Health (ppt, pdf)
  • Food Matters videos: View on YouTube or Download for use in your facility
    • Food Matters: In the Womb and Beyond
    • Food Matters: Clinicians Address an Industrialized Food System Gone Awry
    • Food Matters: Serving up a Menu of Change

 

 

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