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Hospital Supported Agriculture

Fletcher Allen is striving to be the greenest healthcare organization in the country by continually looking for new ways to build on our long tradition of environmental responsibility. Our sustained efforts to reduce energy consumption, waste stream and carbon footprint, and to increase the use of healthy, locally produced foods have been acknowledged with awards from leading national organizations.

Employees have embraced this mission and have created a "Green Team" and management-level Sustainability Council to gather ideas, create action plans and raise awareness throughout the organization.  Fletcher Allen participates in dozens of environmental initiatives - from seeking out environmentally friendly products for maintaining and cleaning our facilities, to serving sustainable foods and composting.


Simply put, we believe practicing green healthcare is the right thing to do for our patients, the environment and the communities we serve.

National Leader in Green Healthcare

Fletcher Allen has built a reputation as a leader in green initiatives, we:

  • Launched the first Healthy Food in Health Care Roundtable, which has evolved into a leadership team with other hospital leaders in the region who want to serve sustainable foods.
  • Participate in the Vermont Fresh Network annual forum.
  • Received a $143,000 federal grant, thanks to U.S. Senator Patrick J. Leahy and U.S. Congressman Peter Welch, to develop the Center for Nutrition and Healthy Food Systems at Fletcher Allen – to educate other health care institutions in Vermont about building a sustainable food system.
  • Received the Leadership Circle Award from Practice Greenhealth, a national association focused on improving environmental practices in health care. We were one of two out of over 800 health care organizations.
  • Received the Partner in Leadership Award from the Healthcare Food Service Management Association.