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The Paid Leave Podcast: How a Doctor Used Farming to Heal Herself and Her Community

CT Paid Leave Authority Podcast · August 11, 2026

A Paid Leave Authority podcast episode in which host Nancy Barrow interviews Dr. Ivette Ruiz, founder of Healing by Growing Farms in East Haven, about her recovery from a 2020 traumatic brain injury, the therapeutic role of gardening, food-access efforts, and how Connecticut Paid Leave benefits can support people recovering from serious health conditions.

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