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Tara Fitzpatrick, Editor-in-Chief

October 11, 2019

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In this episode of Food Management’s podcast, we talk with Barbara Hamilton, MAS, sustainability officer and Chris McCracken, director of nutrition services at UC San Diego Health, where they’ve adopted the Cool Food Pledge with World Resources Institute (WRI) to address the connections between human health and environment.

Hamilton and McCracken get into what sustainable food means in the healthcare environment, how they’ve adapted menus and worked within the community for a better understanding on how food on a large scale can have a positive impact on the planet. 

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About the Author

Tara Fitzpatrick

Editor-in-Chief, FoodService Director

Tara Fitzpatrick is editor-in-chief of FoodService Director. She previously served as senior editor for Food Management magazine.

At the start of her career, Tara was a reporter for the daily newspaper in her hometown of Lorain, Ohio, where she still resides. She holds a journalism degree from Kent State University. She's also a mom, a pretty good home cook and a fan of ghost stories, folklore, architecture, retro recipes, cheese of all kinds and cats of all kinds.

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