March 25: Customize local food for hospitals, Paulette Padanyi's research reveals

In today's Guelph Mercury, Owen Roberts writes about the pursuit to incorporate local foods into area hospitals and long-term facilities by centering on research from Paulette Padanyi and her team. However, despite the benefits the benefits of using local foods, not only for health but for the local economy, the team discovered in their study, Report on Food Provision in Ontario Hospitals and Long-Term Care Services: The Challenges and Opportunities of Incorporating Local Food, that there are substantial barriers to requiring that all public health-care facilities in Ontario incorporate local food into their patient and visitor food service. Full story for Customize local food for hospitals.