Navicent Health Commits to healthy food

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Navicent Health signed the international Health Food in Healthcare Pledge. 

Navicent along with Morrison Healthcare is committing to working with local farmers, increase offerings of fruit and vegetables, minimize or beneficially reuse food waste, encourage vendors to supply food that is not produced with synthetic pesticides and hormones, educate patients about nutritious food practices and procedures, implement a program to identify and adopt good food, and report annually on the pledge.

Adrien Clermonty, Director of Food and Nutrition, said the pledge is good for everyone.

“We want to make sure we are the leaders in the community with teaching people how to eat properly,” he said. “Teaching people how to prepare food that is safe that taste good and that the body can absorb. We want to eliminate all of the poisons, toxins.”