On Earth Day 2022, the White House and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched the Health Sector Climate Pledge, a voluntary commitment by private sector health care organizations to climate resilience and emissions reduction that includes cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2030 and achieving net zero emissions by 2050.
Every year health care culinary professionals take their menus to new levels in creativity and flavor and compete to be crowned winner in the Health Care Culinary Contest.
Although reducing meat consumption is paramount, health care should prioritize high protein plant foods rather than meat alternative products due to their optimal nutritional and environmental benefits.
