Mercy-Cedar Rapids is on the forefront of providing patients, staff and visitors with fresh, local food. Mercy works with a number of eastern Iowa farmers who have provided the hospital with more than 205,000 pounds of fresh produce, meat and yogurt over the past four years. In this video, you’ll meet the Johnson family of Buffalo Ridge Orchard, which supplies the hospital with fresh apples that go from trees to patients within a matter of hours.
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