To the Editor:

I recently attended an event at the Suzanne Patterson Center called “Sourcing Health Locally,” where local physicians and farmers spoke collaboratively to a packed house of people. They addressed a basic truth: what we eat and how our food is raised matters as much (if not more) to our health as having a top notch health care system. What an ingenious idea to bring farmers and physicians together to address our most stubborn health issues! As a physician, I know how impossible it is to address our population’s health issues just from within the health care system. I would like to express my gratitude to our hosts — The Suppers Programs and the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Jersey — for creating this inspired forum. These visionary events make me want to settle permanently in the Princeton area.

Andrea Eberly, MD

Innisbrook Road, Skillman