The Greenhouse provides nutritious, organic food to our patients and communities, but it also reduces hospital food costs

Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital had a vision to be a national model for wellness education, improve health and reduce health care costs by providing people with resources to help them improve and maintain optimal health. The Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital Greenhouse is part of making that vision a reality.

The new Greenhouse is full of organic fruits and vegetables which are used in patient meals, the Henry café and are sold at the hospital’s weekly seasonal farmers’ market. Some of the organic items being grown hydroponically (growing plants in water instead of soil), include:

20 varieties of heirloom tomatoes
Microgreens (requested by the hospital’s chefs)
Organic produce (fruits and vegetables) and herbs for patients, including lettuce, peppers, eggplant, cucumber, peas, beans, strawberries, Swiss chard and Chinese cabbage
Specialty greens

Yearly Estimated Production

The Greenhouse provides nutritious, organic food to our patients and communities, but it also reduces hospital food costs, including the estimated production of:

15,000 heads of lettuce per year, reseeded weekly: Projected value: […]