PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — For a lot of, taking care of their household is a high precedence and that features what you eat.
However proper now, it is troublesome for a lot of as a consequence of the price of meals, restricted time and even simply the lack of understanding on learn how to cook dinner.
KDKA-TV just lately traveled to UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital and found there’s one thing particular rising inside.
“That is my favourite factor in the entire garden, that is really a fig tree,” mentioned Jon Polley, manufacturing supervisor and govt chef at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital.
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It is a particular connection individuals are making exterior of the hospital’s partitions.
“We have actually embraced how wonderful it’s to develop produce on-site and all of the wonderful issues we are able to do,” Polley mentioned.
KDKA-TV took a stroll with Polley within the courtyard at Magee. Lush, lovely flowers definitely seize the eye. However in case you take a better look, you simply may discover one thing edible.
Greens and herbs are grown within the courtyard earlier than making their method to sufferers’ plates.
“Having the ability to pull greens straight out of the bottom, cook dinner them and serve them that day, with the ability to harvest our personal tomatoes and get them on sandwiches and get them on the salad bar,” Polley mentioned.
However this 12 months, the workers determined to indicate off their arduous work by delivering produce to a neighborhood market. On the Wilkinsburg Farmers Market, KDKA-TV noticed workers members gifting away among the produce and instructing individuals learn how to use greens they might not know a lot about.
That is the primary time UPMC has been concerned in a neighborhood market like this, but it surely will not be the final. UPMC mentioned it desires to assist individuals make wholesome selections.
“The true takeaway of this market is to construct the sense of neighborhood in order that they stroll away feeling good, feeling welcome and having been educated for a wholesome way of life,” mentioned Vicky Cherney with the Wilkinsburg Group Development Affiliation.
Lindsay Ward
