Explore Baltimore County: Organic farm in White Hall supplies produce for patients

Organic farm in White Hall supplies produce for patients

Program promotes locally grown food at Mercy, other hospitals

Pat van den Beemt

Posted 7/07/08

(Enlarge) Joan Norman, of One Straw Farm in White Hall, supervises the delivery of organic produce to Mercy Hospital in Baltimore. One Straw is participating in a statewide program, "Maryland Hospitals for a Healthy Environment," that was introduced last week at Mercy. (Courtesy of University of Maryland, Baltimore)

A organic farm in North County has teamed with several area hospitals to provide healthy food for their patients.

Joan Norman, of One Straw Farm in White Hall, made her first weekly vegetable delivery to Mercy Medical Center on July 1 under a new project called “Maryland Hospitals for a Healthy Environment.”