UVM Medical Center

Based in Burlington, UVM Medical Center serves over 1 million people across Vermont and northern New York.  The Center aims to be the greenest healthcare organization in the country and has a particularly strong focus on promoting a local, sustainable food system.  As such, the food it serves comes from 70 regional farmers and producers as well as from its own gardens and beekeeping initiative.  UVM Medical Center also includes a Center for Nutrition and Healthy Food Systems, established to educate other health care institutions about building a sustainable food system.