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Colo. hospital taps local farmer to help garden grow

Officials expect the resident farmer will quadruple the production of the garden, which supplies produce for the hospital's on-site restaurant.

FSD Staff

May 6, 2016

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In an effort to help its garden grow more produce, Castle Rock Adventist Hospital has hired a farmer to oversee its community garden, reports The Denver Post.

The new resident farmer, Brian Fitzgerald, will oversee the Castle Rock, Colo., hospital’s Garden of Eatin’, which supplies its on-site Manna restaurant with a variety of fruits and vegetables. 

Dan Skay, the hospital’s nutrition manager and executive chef of Manna, told the website he expects the hospital plot will quadruple its production under Fitzgerald’s watch.

Read the full story via The Denver Post.

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