Welcome to the Sustainable Food special edition of MD H2E News Roundup.  Read all about Buy Local Week, the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future Food Mapping project and more!

The Farm Stand will be at the Jenkins Senior Living Campus, 3300 Benson Avenue, Baltimore from 11-3pm.  Stop by if you are in the area to purchase some fresh fruits and veggies!

Welcome to MD H2E’s June News Roundup: Trailblazer Edition.

In this newsletter you will find summaries of Maryland Hospitals’ award winning initiatives.  We also extend a warm welcome to our newest member, Tarah Ranke, who will be working on sustainable foods projects.

MD H2E will publish future case studies to examine the Trailblazer efforts in greater detail, and MD H2E’s Education Event will be held October 30th, where winning hospitals will present their topics of sustainability: energy management, operational efficiencies, sustainable food and beverage offerings and green cleaning.

Maryland Hospitals for a Healthy Environment is happy to congratulate the winners of the 2014 Trailblazer Awards:

• Greater Baltimore Medical Center
• Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center
• University of Maryland Medical Center
• University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center

Click HERE to read the press release… and stay tuned for more details on each of these trailblazing endeavors!

Environmental Leader included MD H2E as one of 104 industry experts sharing valuable information regarding environmental, energy and sustainability programs.  The website offers online green business and corporate sustainability news, and recently published the fourth edition of its Insider Knowledge Report. To read more about the report, or download it from the EL website, click HERE. MD H2E can be found on page 25.

According to EL, “Those that ultimately were included were those we think provide the best lessons, advice and examples from which other companies and executives can learn.”

MD H2E is proud to say we were included in the report, alongside names such as Canon, General Mills, DuPont, Anheuser-Busch, TD Bank, Symantec, U-Haul, Staples and more.  But, this work is nothing without the forward-thinking stewardship that defines our hospitals.

MD H2E would like to thank the Maryland Healthcare Sustainability Leadership Council: Charlotte Wallace (2013 Chair), Mike Forthman (Current Chair), Rachel DeMunda (Current Vice-Chair) and the entire membership of the MD HCSLC for participation in the programs and survey referenced in the article.