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Knowing What You’re Up understanding of what you’re dealing with and how to deal Her efforts have paid off. Bartholomew has transitioned
from Type 2 diabetes to being pre-diabetic. “The classes
with it,” she says.
Against Most insurance companies and Medicare cover the cost definitely helped. I would not have known what to do. You
of classes for newly-diagnosed patients. Certified diabetes hear people have diabetes, but you don’t know why.”
Ann Bartholomew says she became angry when she educators cover a wide range of topics, including: Carolynn Strom, diabetes education program coordinator
was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 2019. She credits • Diabetes and its complications reports that 55 participants living with Type 2 diabetes, who
her primary care physician, Lindsey Patterson, M.D., with • Effectively monitoring glucose attended the education classes, significantly improved control
helping her to channel those emotions toward improving • Diabetes and heart disease of their blood glucose. She says they experienced on average,
her health. • Exercise and medications a 1.8 point drop in HbA1C over the last year. The blood’s
Nine months after being diagnosed, Bartholomew is 21 At age 66, Bartholomew found guidance on nutrition HbA1C level is reflective of how well diabetes is controlled.
pounds lighter and living a healthier life style. She says particularly helpful. She now eats smaller portions and Strom encourages patients to educate themselves. “These
understanding the disease made all the difference. She embraces well balanced meals. She has also learned to classes are important because they help individuals prevent
gained insight by attending a diabetes self-management set realistic goals for herself, “I’m not so hard on myself acute and chronic complications from diabetes.”
program offered by the Center for Diabetes and Nutrition anymore and know it is okay to slip up, if my blood count Diabetic cooking classes are also offered at a reduced
at Cleveland Clinic Martin Health. “It gives you a clearer primarily stays in range.” cost for newly diagnosed patients and Strom says it’s an
enjoyable way to get healthy cooking tips and understand
the nutritional value of meals.
To sign up for a cooking class or the diabetic self-
management program at the Center for Diabetes and
Nutrition, visit martinhealth.org/diabetes-education.

Business

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Palm City Farms Produce
And Market

There’s a new farmers’ market in Palm City that’s
changing the way we eat and grow food.
Palm City Farms Produce and Market is a family-owned
produce market specializing in fresh and local foods – plus
items you can’t find in supermarkets, such as local beef and
pork, organic olive oils, heritage-hog bacon, Everglades
Seasonings, and fried-green-tomato breading.
Just west of the turnpike on the corner of S.W. Martin
Highway (SR-714) and S.W. Citrus Boulevard, shopping
in this red barn-like building with rocking chairs and café
tables under sweeping porches is like a visit back to an
earlier time where food tastes the way you remember and
service comes with a smile.
Owner Rob Dawson, a graduate of Martin County
schools, IRSC, and Leadership Martin, explains, “My
family owned this property my whole life. So, when
commercial realtors started calling, we had a decision to
make. Let them turn it into a truck stop or create something
ourselves that supports the rural character of the Palm City
Farms community.”
A food-lover at heart, he chose to support the community
by selling locally-grown food. It tastes better, it’s more
nutritious, and it’s not subject to safety and security
problems that plague modern factory farming.
“We’re not all local yet,” Dawson continues. “Our small
farmers didn’t have a place to sell before. But we buy as
much as we can from them. It’s what our customers want.
Call Now for Your Everybody wins.”
AC TUNE-UP Dawson believes greenhouses are the future. They
harvest year-round and produce more food per acre using
fewer chemicals. To demonstrate this, he gave a local
nonprofit, House of Hope, land next to the market to grow
for market and their needy clients.
Their first harvests should be available in the market
soon.
So, if you’re hungry for something fresh and local …
come out to Palm City Farms Produce and Market, only
minutes from downtown Palm City at 3706 S.W. Citrus
Boulevard. Contact them on Facebook or (772) 888-3103.

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