Farmers Rip Kingston Hospital For Importing Food

Nov 25, 2010

Eastern Ontario farmers are complaining after a major Kingston, Ont., hospital decided to truck in food from the Toronto area earlier this week.

Kingston General Hospital chose Compass Group Canada, a Mississauga company, as its new food supplier, despite recent protests from Kingston-area farmers who want to produce food locally for the hospital.

"A large institution like (Kingston General Hospital) could help us be sustainable by creating the demand for local food and, therefore, encouraging farmers to supply it," said Dianne Dowling, a beef producer who is part of the National Farmers Union.

The hospital has contracted out its food services for the past 15 years, previously working with an Ottawa company.

Dowling said going with a local company would have lowered the hospital's carbon footprint, and trucking food in goes against the hospital's goal to be more sustainable.

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