About Veggie Rx

Veggie Rx is not age specific and you do not have to have dependents to qualify.

  1. Healthcare providers screen clients for hunger.

  2. Clients experiencing food insecurity are enrolled in a fresh produce program.

  3. Local farmers supply produce for Veggie Rx participants

  4. Participants continue to receive a “dose” of fruits and vegetables while enrolled in the program.


Impact:

In 2020, 11 programs across Oregon served an estimated 1,300 Oregonians with an estimated benefit equivalent of $320 per participant and their families for a total estimated benefit of 4-5 million dollars mostly spent on produce directly from small farms. This total does not include the cost of program operations.1

Veggie Rx programs were associated with statistically significant improvements in:

  •     Household food insecurity

  •     Self-reported health measures

  •     Social engagement

  •     Number of medications

To learn more about the Veggie Rx program in your community and how to participate, visit your primary care provider to find out if you are eligible.

Gilliam County:                                                                                                                    
North Central Public Health (541) 506-2600
Condon Child Care (541) 384-4737
Gilliam County (541) 384-2399

Sherman County:                                                                                                                     
Mid-Columbia Center for Living (541) 386-2620
Sherman County Medical Clinic (541) 565-3325

Wheeler County:
Asher Community Health Center (541) 763-2725

Or select one of the links below to get more information about this great program.

GROWN

Serving Columbia River Gorge, Oregon & Washington

Gorge Grown’s Veggie Rx is a fruit and vegetable prescription program designed to address food insecurity and increase the intake of fresh produce. The program empowers health care and social services providers to ‘prescribe’ vouchers to community members who screen positive for food insecurity. Vouchers can be used to purchase fresh fruit and vegetables at farmers markets, farm stands and other select sites.

Program Contact: Patty Garland

 

Frontier Veggie Rx Program and FVRx Program Expansion
Brought to your community by EOCCO & GOHBI

EOCCO

Serving Sherman, Gilliam, Wheeler, Harney, Malheur Counties, Oregon

Program Contact: Marci McMurphy
Program Manager
541-705-4958

 

Veggie Rx in your community
OSU Extension's list of Veggie Rx programs throughout Oregon.