MUSKEGON, MI - A new state policy is allowing an urban farm in Muskegon to provide “produce prescriptions” to patients on Medicaid.

The McLaughlin Grows Urban Farm, at 175 E Larch Ave. and part of the Trinity Health Muskegon hospital system, is utilizing the Michigan In Lieu of Services program to reach people who need nutrition and face financial barriers to getting it.

“It creates an opportunity for both the state and us, as healthcare providers, to help prevent and treat disease for our patients before it has an opportunity to progress, and have a more significant impact on their life,” said Katelyn Smoger, director of Food is Medicine and the farm at Trinity Health. “This is wonderful for the families who receive it because they’re now getting high quality food, they’re going to be h

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