Trinity Health Michigan's hospital farms assist food insecure communities
PONTIAC, Mich. ( WWJ ) - Trinity Health Michigan is on a mission to build healthier communities, and they're starting from the ground up. The hospi...
PONTIAC, Mich. ( WWJ ) - Trinity Health Michigan is on a mission to build healthier communities, and they're starting from the ground up. The hospital group has two farms where they grow produce for patients and families. One farm is located at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Pontiac. They work to provide fresh produce to food-insecure communities. The staff at The Farm say they're starting to see more and more families sign up since the end of pandemic emergency benefits. "Inflation is really starting to pinch people's budgets, and so we're happy to be able to be getting more food into clinics, be offering more farm-share assistance memberships," said Amanda Sweetman, Trinity Health Michigan regional director of farming and healthy lifestyles.