Virginia Mason Farmers’ Market Open

By Seattle Mag June 2, 2014

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!–paging_filter–pPike Place Market is coming to Virginia Mason Hospital and Seattle Medical Center—with a new a href=”http://www.pikeplacemarket.org/express-markets“Pike Place Market Express /adebuting on the first day of summer and the longest day of the year, June 20, on First Hill. The market brings local vendors and fresh, healthy produce to Virginia Mason staff and patients as well as to the surrounding community, an effort that Virginia Mason has been leading for several years with its own farmers’ market; this is the first year the organization has paired with Pike Place Market. Changing the type of food people associate with hospitals is something many local medical centers, including Swedish and Overlake have been aspiring to; see our a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/article/green-jell-o-greens?utm_content=buffer0797…“Spring/Summer story on hospitals’ healthy food initiatives/a./p

 

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