Produce Prescription Program

The Montana Produce Prescription Collaborative (MTPRx) partners with healthcare providers across Montana to provide eligible patients with free fruits and vegetables from local farmers markets, farm stands and grocery stores. Addressing food insecurity and chronic health issues in Montana, while supporting local and sustainable agriculture, is the goal of this program.

Farm Connect works with healthcare institutions to track biomarkers and health indicators showing the impact eating fresh local fruits and vegetables can have on patient health outcomes. MTPRx provides an avenue for produce prescription programs serving rural areas to connect across the state to build a community of practice, learn from one another, and develop best practices.

FAST Blackfeet Food Pharmacy

Program Contact: Mackenzie Sachs RD - Mackenzie@fastblackfeet.org

Located on the Blackfeet reservation, this program provides participants up to $50/week worth of fresh fruit and vegetable vouchers to redeem at two local grocery stores. Participants also receive nutrition education counseling or participate in group nutrition classes designed specifically for the Blackfeet community that demonstrate how traditional foods and preparation methods align with a healthy lifestyle in reservation communities. Participants also can visit FAST Blackfeet’s Ō´yō´•ṗ´ (we are eating) Food Pantry to get food recommended for their health condition.

Health Partner: Southern Piegan Health Center
Grocery store partners: Teeple’s IGA Browning and Glacier Family Foods

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Missoula Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Produce Program (MFVPP)

Program Contact: Merry Hutton - merry.hutton@providence.org

Located in Missoula and Lake County, MFVPP partners with farmers markets and retailers to provide participants with weekly vouchers to spend on fresh fruits and vegetables.

Health Partner: St. Patrick's Providence Hospital
Redemption locations: Missoula Valley Winter Market, Missoula Farmers Market, SuperOne Foods Ronan, Polson Farmers Market

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Land to Hand Food Rx

Program Contact: Gretchen Boyer - gretchen@landtohandmt.org

Serving the Flathead Valley, this program provides a prescription for bi-weekly produce shares to food insecure patients and their families. Utilizing a local produce broker, Wicked Good Produce, participants are provided with the freshest, most nutrient dense produce available. During the growing season, participants can choose to receive vouchers at their local farmer’s market to shop for their choice of produce each week. Education packets including recipes, information on growing and storing food, and additional cooking techniques are provided with produce deliveries.

Health Partners: Logan Health Primary Care locations, Logan Health School Based Clinics & Logan Health Diabetes Education and Prevention
Redemption Locations: Delivery locations throughout the Flathead, and Kalispell, Whitefish, & Columbia Falls Farmers Markets

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St. Peter’s Hospital Food Pharmacy

Program Contact: Hayley Wisemiller - hwisemiller@sphealth.org

This program provides monthly food box prescriptions to patients experiencing hypertension and hyperlipidemia, specifically tailored to treat high blood pressure and hypertension. Participants receive nutrition education through the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) and 1:1 support with St. Peter’s dietitians. Additional educational resources prepared by the Helena Food Rx program are provided in the food box.

Health Partner: St. Peter's Hospital
Redemption location: Helena Food Share

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Produce Prescription Program

Participating Programs

FAST Blackfeet Food Pharmacy

Missoula Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Produce Program (MFVPP)

Land to Hand Food Rx

St. Peter’s Hospital Food Pharmacy

Additional Partners

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