Think local. Grow it, buy it and make it local

Fresh, local, nutritious food, cooked in the hospital kitchen is what’s best for patients. 

But Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) is planning to cut its in-house kitchens and buy plated, microwavable “TV dinner” style food from a factory-operation outside of Toronto.

At the end of June, HHS intends to sign a 10-year contract with Compass, a giant multinational company that will prepare patient food in a factory and truck it to Hamilton.

This means that millions of dollars that could be spent with farmers, merchants and workers around Hamilton will disappear down the QEW.

It’s not too late to stop the HHS/Compass patient food deal from going ahead.

If like us you think HHS is going in the wrong direction with factory-plated patient food.

If you want HHS to buy food grown locally and cook it from scratch in the hospital kitchen…

Join us. We are a community group concerned about the impact on local farmers, the Hamilton region’s economy and the environment, of outsourcing the hospital patient food.

Together we can stop the deal with Compass from being approved by the HHS board of directors.