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Winona Area Farmers Push Local, Organic Food for Hospitals
Farmers
by Britt Johnsen, Winona Daily News
Hospital food doesn’t usually bring to mind good eating. As in school cafeterias, the food often comes from national distributors and can lack flavor and nutrition.
Some Winona area farmers hope to change that.
They are pushing to get organic and locally-grown food into health care institutions like Rochester’s Mayo Clinic and Winona Health, as well as nursing homes and schools. They see southeast Minnesota following in the footsteps of other institutions in the state and the country doing the same thing.