Farmers' Markets and Healthy Eating

Oakland Kaiser is proud to present Friday Fresh Farmers' Market, featuring growers who are approved by the California Certified Organic Farmers’ Association.

Kaiser Permanente Farmers' Market Locator

Farmers' Market Recipes

Chez Kaiser's Food Revolution - San Francisco Chronicle, 8/6/06 article
Hospital experiment putting locally grown produce on patients' plates

Produce to the People - Permanente Journal, Spring 2004 Article

Healthy food: Farmers' Markets Sprout at Kaiser Medical Sites - SF Business Times 8/9/04 article

HMO Thrives on Innovation - Contra Costa Times 1/15/06 article

Kaiser Permanente Farmers' Market Cross-Site Survey - Summary of Cross-Site Results, 12/05

Farmers' Market Resource Guide
Resource guide for those wanting to start a Farmers' Market at their own work site.

Produce Pak Program
This pilot produce delivery program will be available to employees at our 1800 Harrison Street building in Oakland in May.

Childhood Obesity
This 24-page special supplement for parents, full of tips to help kids reach and stay at a healthy weight, was an insert in the 1/15/06 New York Times.

Farm to Hospital Case Study
(KP California, Hawaii and Oregon) - Healthy Food, Healthy Hospitals, Healthy Communities: Stories of Health Care Leaders Bringing Fresher, Healthier Food Choices to Their Patients, Staff and Communities, May 2005

Inner-city shoppers face food oppression
Economics factor into food availability - article from The Natural Foods Merchandiser, 3/1/06

An Organic Change - Delicious Living Magazine, Sept. 2005

Onsite Farmers' Markets - Institute of Agriculture & Trade Policies Case Study

Farmers market ripens in Overlook - Portland Tribune, 1/21/05 article

Nutrition: A Fresh Approach - HealthLeaders article, Jan. 2005

Without Reservations - East Bay Guardian 7/23/04 Article

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