In The News

The Farm is humbled whenever we are featured in print or online media outlets. Below is a collection of media features through the years. If you are interested in featuring The Farm, please contact TheFarm@trinity-health.org.

Podcasts/Radio

• Brownfield Ag News, May 3, 2023: Cultivating a healthy community
• Brownfield Ag News, May 2, 2023: Integrating nutrition into healthcare
• Stateside on Michigan Radio: Monday, April 17, 2023
• Podcast: Farms for Tomorrow
• Podcast: Edible-Alpha

TV/Video

• Fox 2 Detroit, June 21, 2023: The Doctor Is In: The Farm at Trinity Health
• CBS Detroit, May 23, 2023: Trinity Health Michigan’s hospital farms assist food insecure communities
• WFRV, May 23, 2023: Positively USA
• Channel 7 WXYZ, June 21, 2021: St. Joseph Mercy Oakland changes the conversation from sickness to health with new farm
• Ludwig Award, 2018: YouTube Video
• ABC News, December 22, 2014: How Two Hospitals Are Taking ‘Food as Medicine’ to Heart

Print Media

• MLive, April 28, 2025: Restoring trails, habitats is a new project at hospital between Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti
• Second Wave Michigan, October 24, 2024: Medicaid funding could expand and sustain Michigan's produce prescription programs
• 9 and 10 News, August 20, 2024: Trinity Health Muskegon partners with McLaughlin Grows Urban Farm to combat food insecurity
• Model D Media, March 25, 2024: How local healthcare systems leverage local farms for healthy food options
• MLive, February 1, 2024: Celebrate the Lunar New Year and other fun things to do around Ann Arbor (Feb. 2-4)
• Yahoo! News, January 24, 2024: This one-of-a-kind 'hospital farm' could totally change the way we think about medical treatments: 'One bite at a time'
• MLive, January 22, 2024: Explore The Farm at Trinity Health Ann Arbor during upcoming luminary walk
• MLive, October 2, 2023: Explore The Farm at Trinity Health Ann Arbor with upcoming fall festival
• MLive, July 8, 2023: Nutrition Buddies teaches kids how to cook healthy meals with a friend – mlive.com
• Click on Detroit, June 26, 2023: Trinity Health Ann Arbor offers free nutritional camp for middle schoolers
• Trinity Health, June 5, 2023: The Farm at Trinity Health – More than Just Food
• Trinity Health, May 31, 2023: Q&A: Katelyn Smoger with The Farm at Trinity Health Michigan
• Trinity Health, May 16, 2023: Eat More Michigan Local Produce
• USDA, April 28, 2023: Integrating Nutrition into Healthcare in the Midwest
• USDA, April 11, 2023: Three Days in Michigan
• Bridge Michigan, March 24, 2023: Michigan health care reimagined using dirt, worms and fresh veggies
• The Cool Down, March 20, 2023: This one-of-a-kind ‘hospital farm’ could totally change the way we think about medical treatments: ‘One bite at a time’
• Click On Detroit, March 15, 2023: Sign up for Trinity Health’s Farm Share program to get weekly produce boxes
• Becker’s Hospital Review, March 14, 2023: Michigan health system launches vegetable subscription campaign
• MLive, March 13, 2023: Hospital’s farm share program offering veggie subscription service
• MLive, January 31, 2023: Bundle up for upcoming luminary walk hosted by The Farm at Trinity Health Ann Arbor
• Click On Detroit, August 18, 2022: The Farm at Trinity Health Ann Arbor to host free Fall Festival in September
• Catholic Health World, April 1, 2022: Farm programs keep growing at St. Joe’s hospitals in Michigan
• NHL.com, March 23, 2022: Lisa McDowell recognized as Women’s History Month Game Changers honoree
• MLive, March 9, 2022: ‘Food as Medicine’: Michigan hospital-based farms kick off yearly produce share
• Source Weekly, January 12, 2022: Food As Medicine
• Detroit Free Press, November 26, 2021: The Farm at St. Joe’s understands Food is key to Good Health
• Royal Oak Tribune, June 2, 2021: The Farm at St. Joe’s will provide healthy food, education
• Food Management, November 7, 2016: Farm symbolizes, promotes hospital’s wellness mission
• The Ann Arbor News, May 18, 2013: St. Joseph Mercy Hospital unveils first universally accessible hoop house for gardening therapy
• The Ann Arbor News, August 1, 2010: St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor returns to its farming roots by using hospital land to grow produce