{"id":4360,"date":"2012-05-11T11:41:49","date_gmt":"2012-05-11T15:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/news\/?p=4360"},"modified":"2012-05-11T11:41:49","modified_gmt":"2012-05-11T15:41:49","slug":"supporting-healthy-local-sustainable-foods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/news\/2012\/05\/supporting-healthy-local-sustainable-foods\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting Healthy, Local, Sustainable Foods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4362\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 20px;\" title=\"Healthy Produce\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/news\/files\/2012\/05\/healthy-produce.jpg\" alt=\"Healthy Produce\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" \/>In 2008, John Sheridan, President and CEO of Cooper University Hospital, signed the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthyfoodinhealthcare.org\/pledge.php\">Healthy Food Pledge<\/a>. \u00a0Part of our mission is purchasing healthy, local foods, and other sustainable practices to help\u00a0improve the health of our patients, employees and the environment.<\/p>\n<p>Common Market, a local food hub, started delivering local foods to institutions in 2008. 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