13 WTHR IndianapolisWishard opens Slow Food Garden at White River State Park

Wishard opens Slow Food Garden at White River State Park

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INDIANAPOLIS - Wishard Hospital and county health officials celebrated Earth Day by announcing new ways to improve community health through urban gardening.

The Wishard Slow Food Garden at White River State Park is one of those new initiatives. The garden is designed to support increased awareness and availability of healthful food options for local consumers.

"Wishard, the Marion County Health Department, and Health and Hospital Services corporation is offering vouchers for Wishard patients, low-income individuals, the underserved, to have access to the kind of fresh nutritious food that is good for them," said Matthew R. Gutwein, President and CEO, Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County.

The garden will also help to educate businesses and homeowners on urban gardening.

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