{"id":4580,"date":"2019-07-12T16:43:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T16:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/?p=4580"},"modified":"2019-07-12T17:27:50","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T17:27:50","slug":"jamaica-hospital-queens-county-farm-museum-host-community-farmers-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/jamaica-hospital-queens-county-farm-museum-host-community-farmers-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamaica Hospital &#038; Queens County Farm Museum Host Community Farmers&#8217; Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a name=\"fb_share\" type=\"box_count\" share_url=\"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/jamaica-hospital-queens-county-farm-museum-host-community-farmers-market\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php\">Share<\/a><\/div><div><script src=\"http:\/\/static.ak.fbcdn.net\/connect.php\/js\/FB.Share\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4596\" src=\"http:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/farmers-market-2019-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/farmers-market-2019-3.jpg 796w, https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/farmers-market-2019-3-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/farmers-market-2019-3-768x589.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/farmers-market-2019-3-391x300.jpg 391w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/>Providing the community with resources to improve health and wellness has always been a priority at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center.\u00a0 &#8220;Our commitment to the health of the community isn&#8217;t limited just to treating people when they get sick, but it also includes offering prevention and wellness initiatives to keep them healthy,&#8221; shared\u00a0 Ann Corrigan, Director of Planning in a Patch News interview.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/new-york\/jamaica\/queens-farm-launches-produce-market-jamaica-hospital\">https:\/\/patch.com\/new-york\/jamaica\/queens-farm-launches-produce-market-jamaica-hospital<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This commitment to improving community health prompted the hospital to partner with the Queens County Farm Museum to bring a farmers\u2019 market to the area. \u00a0\u201cOur focus was to bring fresh fruits and vegetables to our neighborhood because research indicates there are a limited supply and access to these healthy foods,\u201d said Corrigan.<\/p>\n<p>A recent report released by New York City\u2019s Public Health Solutions revealed, \u201cthere is a major gap in access to healthy food across three Queens neighborhoods.\u201d\u00a0 These areas include Jackson Heights, Corona and Jamaica.\u00a0&#8220;We have a lot of fast foods. We have a lot of bodegas that don&#8217;t have fresh produce but very few supermarkets with fresh produce so it&#8217;s critical for the health of this community,&#8221; Corrigan shared in a statement to NY1 News.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/news\/2019\/06\/21\/farmer-s-market-hosted-at-jamaica-hospital-medical-center#\">https:\/\/www.ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/news\/2019\/06\/21\/farmer-s-market-hosted-at-jamaica-hospital-medical-center#<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bringing a farmers\u2019 market to the community allows Jamaica Hospital to help bridge that gap. \u00a0To further increase accessibility, the hospital ensured that the locally- grown produce was affordable for all.\u00a0 The market accepts several nutrition assistance programs including WIC, SNAP\/EBT, and Fresh Connect Checks.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to providing fresh produce,\u00a0 Jamaica Hospital\u2019s Farmers\u2019 Market offers live cooking demonstrations to show shoppers how they can prepare healthy meals using fruits and vegetables. The demonstrations are facilitated by the Cornell University Cooperative Extension.<\/p>\n<p>To further promote overall wellness, shoppers are also provided smoking cessation education, blood pressure and dental screenings from the hospital\u2019s Dental, Patient Navigation and EMS departments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will be operating the market now through November 14<sup>th<\/sup> and we encourage everyone to attend,\u201d said Corrigan. Jamaica Hospital\u2019s Farmers\u2019 Market is open to the community every Thursday, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at 134-20 Jamaica Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ShareProviding the community with resources to improve health and wellness has always been a priority at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center.\u00a0 &#8220;Our commitment to the health of the community isn&#8217;t limited just to treating people when they get sick, but it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/jamaica-hospital-queens-county-farm-museum-host-community-farmers-market\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4580"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4598,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4580\/revisions\/4598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}