Our Summer 2010 Sustainable Food Newsletter is here. Included in this issue:

You’ll find stories and pictures on:

• Local Awards and Announcements

-          Governor’s Buy Local Cookout, Sec. of Agriculture at Johns Hopkins,
Union Hospital Wins Award, St. Joseph Medical Center signs Pledge

• Urban Agriculture

-          Sinai Hospital Purchases from Urban Farm, Hoop Houses, Zoning Codes

• Maryland Hospital Farmers Markets
  
• Conference Reports

-          Sowing Seeds Here and Now! Urban Farming Summit, CleanMed Food Pre-Conference

• Upcoming Events

-          Food Leadership Council Meetings, “Hungry Mind” Free Lecture and Movie Series

• Tidbits and Resources

-          Facility Vegetarian Options, Money Saved with Local Foods, Scratch Cooking, Dairy Information

• MD H2E News

-          November 18^th Conference, USDA Grant

In the August Newsletter, find articles on:

* Our upcoming November conference, Environmental Excellence in Healthcare: A Showcase of Best Practices

* Union Hospital of Cecil County wins MD Green Registry Leadership Awards

* Best Practices for a Sustainable Operating Room

* Efforts to Reduce Medical Waste

* Healthcare Leading the way In Energy Efficiency Pursuit

* Nursing Update

* The Deadly Effects of Chemo Drugs

* Sinai Hospital Donates Thousands of Fluorescent Lamps for Local Reuse

* MD H2E Partners With One Less Car

* Sustainable Foods Update

* MD H2E Summer Events Recap

MDH2E August 2010 Newsletter

Thursday, July 22nd, 9 – 11 a.m.

Maryland Hospital Association, 6820 Deerpath Road, Elkridge, MD 21075

Join your peers and MD H2E staff for a roundtable conversation on sustainability in healthcare.  Please come prepared to share your facilities’ experiences and offer suggestions to others.  To facilitate conversation, please submit any questions you may have to plisko@son.umaryland.edu by July 15th.

For questions, contact:

Joan Plisko, MD H2E, plisko@son.umaryland.edu

Our July 2010 Newsletter packs a punch! Find info on:

*MD H2E November 18th Conference – Call for Abstracts and Exhibitors

*Sustainability in Healthcare: A Roundtable Conversation

*MD H2E’s LinkedIn Group

*GBMC’s Earth Day

*Composting at Lifebridge Health

*NIH Disposal Guide

*A New Sustainability Program at Maryland General

*Meetings with Frederick Memorial Healthcare System, Garrett County Memorial Hospital, and Western Maryland Health System.

*Baltimore Medical System LEED Platinum Health Center

*President’s Cancer Panel

*Healthcare’s Need for Sustainability Managers

*Buy Local Food Challenge

*Hospitals Moving Away from Toxic Material Use

*Nursing News – Katie Huffling

*What is MD H2E?

*Practice Greenhealth Webinars

We look forward to hearing your thought!

MDH2E July 2010 Newsletter

Please find attached our June 2010 News Roundup. In this newsletter, you can find information on:

*CleanMed Report

*American Industrial Hygiene Association’s Chemical Fumigation in Healthcare Settings Position Statement

*Healthy Hospitals Initiative announced at CleanMed

*Green Guide for Healthcare’s revamped website

*Brickman use of hybrid cars

*UMMC groundbreaking ceremony for LEED certified building

*Redesigning hospital energy systems

*Brenda Afzal, winner of the 2010 Charlotte Brody Award

*Sustainable Foods Update

*MD H2E Staff Farewells & Welcomes

*What is MD H2E?

*Practice Greenhealth Webinars

Please enjoy! We look forward to any comments or feedback you might have.

MDH2E June 2010 Newsletter

Attached is the MD H2E April/May 2010 Newsletter. As always, we look forward to your comments and input. Please peruse the newsletter to learn about:

* EPA, Region III Trailblazer Awards

* CleanMed 2010

* MD H2E honored by Baltimore Business Journal

* EPA, Region III Environmental Compliance Workshop for MD hospitals

* Greening Healthcare for Nursing Professional Development

* Kaiser Permanente’s Sustainability Scorecard

*Earth Day recap

* Sustainable Foods Update, including reduced meat and bottled water purchasing

* Practice Green Health Webinars

* What is Maryland H2E?

MDH2E April/May 2010 Newsletter

MD H2E Sustainable Food Newsletter – Spring 2009The Spring 2009 Food Newsletter is filled with many stories about Maryland hospitals that are implementing healthy food initiatives, including:

• Farmers’ markets launch at 3 hospitals
• 11th Maryland hospital signs the Healthy Food Pledge
• 2 hospitals launch CSAs
• Morrison signs Healthy Food Pledge
• Lessons learned in health care shared with Maryland restaurant industry
• Grow It Eat It Campaign Launches for Health Care in Maryland
• Hospital’s Annual Report includes healthy, local foods
• Hospitals in the news
• Resources on How to Start a Farmers’ Market
• Buyer-Grower Directories available online
• Barriers & solutions to establishing a local food system in our region
• Green Bag Lunch presentation available
• A vital role for Dietitians in promoting local, seasonal foods

Attached is Section 1 of the Fall 2009 MD H2E Sustainable Food Newsletter, which is a Special “Buy Local” Report about the hospitals that participated in the Buy Local Challenge this Summer. We have divided this newsletter into 5 sections since we received stories and pictures from so many of the 27 hospitals & nursing homes that participated (an updated number from the previous 25).

We will send out the remaining 4 sections over the next few weeks so that it’s in smaller segments that you’ll have time to read.  In the end, we will compile it as 1 online report which you can share with others. We begin with an overview of the activities and some highlights from several of the hospitals (see attached).

MD H2E Sustainable Food Newsletter – Fall 2009 – Section 1

Check out the Fall 2009 Food Newsletter – Section 2 for sharing stories of hospitals that participated in the 2009 Buy Local Challenge.

MD H2E Sustainable Food Newsletter – Fall 2009 – Section 2

Here is Section 3 of our Sustainable Food Newsletter – Fall 2009.

This is a continuation of our Special ‘Buy Local’ Report, which features 4 more hospitals and their local food initiatives:

Civista Medical Center

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

Franklin Square Hospital Center

Good Samaritan Hospital

It also includes the ‘Ag in the Middle’ Initiative by Morrison Management Specialists.

MD H2E Sustainable Food Newsletter – Fall 2009 – Section 3