Our Impact
Our transformative produce prescription program holds promise to build the evidence needed to show clinical and cost-effectiveness so that individuals with high chronic disease risk can access cost-effective programs as a covered benefit through public and private insurance.
Client experiences and
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Program News
Getting Healthy Together as a Family
One of the unique aspects of the PhytoRx Families program is the opportunity for parents (or caregivers) and their children to learn and build healthy eating and cooking skills together. Our program engages families every other week for 90 minutes in-person at each NC...
PhytoRx Families Success in 2025
In 2025, our interdisciplinary team conducted a pilot test of the PhytoRx Families program in 2 rural counties in eastern North Carolina (NC). In collaboration with the program’s farmer and food hub, ABC2 Farms, the program distributed roughly 4,000 lbs of fresh...
Driving Community Resilience Through Fresh Food
Driving Community Resilience Through Fresh Food | NC State Extension and the nonprofit Ripe for Revival have partnered to expand a mobile produce market program.For many rural North Carolina families, finding affordable, fresh produce isn’t just an...