Grantee Spotlight: Rethinking Hospital Food with Real Food for Real Kids

Grantee Spotlight: Rethinking Hospital Food with Real Food for Real Kids

Institutional food doesn’t have the best reputation. Readers weren’t surprised to see that the management at Ottawa Hospital were no fans of the food served to patients – but I was impressed that they were prepared to admit as much, and announce steps to make big changes to their foodservice.

David Farnell, CEO at Real Food for Real Kids (RFRK), knows these changes aren’t easy. RFRK tried to break into the foodservice market at Toronto-area hospitals and realized getting their healthy, fresh-prepared food to patients would take some work. With an investment of $69,000 from the Greenbelt Fund, RFRK is re-designing their entire operation to meet HAACP regulations and begin serving patients at Sick Kids and St. Michael’s Hospital. READ MORE…

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