Saint Anne's Hospital is partnering with Silverbrook Farm of Dartmouth for another year to offer a farmers' market on Thursdays from 11:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the grounds of the Hospital at the corner of Middle and South Main Street. In addition to providing great produce and related products for the general community, the Hospital's Community Health Program, in partnership with the Diabetes Education Program, is offering "Steward Bucks" for high-risk patients with diabetes. These free vouchers help patients achieve their clinical goals. The market is "open to the community, our staff, and a special program in our Diabetes Education Program who, when they enroll, get a ten dollar voucher for each week of the market which runs every Thursday now through the end of October," stated Strategic Communications Coordinator Anne Ferreira. The program has demonstrated that a coordinated approach to healthy eating can have a positive impact on people with diabetes. Click here to see the full report. Click here to see photos of last year's market. Click here for two-and-a-half-minute video of the market in action. For more information about the project, contact Strategic Communications Coordinator Anne Ferreira at 508-235-5294.

(Top row) Saint Anne's Community Health Benefits Outreach Liaison and Health Insurance Advocate Jennifer Espinola greets customers, including Maria and Tony Borges, right, as Strategic Communications Coordinator Anne Ferreira, center, describes how the market works. (Row two) Angela Pallatroni and Gabriella Barbosa of Silverbrook Farm assist the customers in their selections. (Row three and four) Gabriella checks people out, including Fall River resident Samuel Baah, who comes to the market every week, and Administrative Director of Community Health Benefits, Tracy Ibbotson..