vermont's working landscape

Approximately 300 hospitals across the country have pledged to improve the quality of food served in their institutions by incorporating healthy, sustainable foods into their patients' diets, reports the Chicago Tribune. Fearing drug-resistant pathogens, medical professionals have started advocating for the use of antibiotic-free meats in hospitals. Antibiotics that are used to treat people, like penicillin and tetracycline, are also given to healthy animals to speed their growth and to compensate for tightly packed living conditions, which can increase the spread of disease. Because increased exposure to antibiotics can lessen their effectiveness against disease, some hospitals,...