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CoxHealth and Springfield Community Gardens are launching a community supported agriculture program for patients of the health care system who are eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Called HealthScripts, the CSA will provide roughly 100 select patients with a weekly produce box filled with locally grown fruits and vegetables, according to a news release. Additionally, participants will meet with CoxHealth physicians and receive medical education and support through the program.
“If we look around just a bit, we see an alarming number of our neighbors going without adequate food, a state that leads to demonstrable health detriments. The HealthScripts program is an effort at stemming the tide of this blight to southwest Missouri,” said Dr. Mark Ellis, physician at the CoxHealth East Battlefield Clinic, in the release. “Our partnership aims to provide a sustainable combination of food relief and education that we hope and believe will truly help the families we aim to serve.”
CoxHealth and SCG plan to start distributing boxes in the coming months after finalizing the participating patients.
It's not the first partnership between the two organizations. One of the nonprofit SCG's farms is Amanda Belle’s Farm at Cox South.
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