Awards issued prior to january 20, 2025, were funded under previous administrations and may not reflect the priorities and policies of the current administration.** in collaboration with multiple…

Awards issued prior to january 20, 2025, were funded under previous administrations and may not reflect the priorities and policies of the current administration.** in collaboration with multiple healthcare partners, shalom farms will implement a 6 monthproduce prescription program for 3 cohorts of 20 participants each year for three years.participant health outcomes will be collected by clinical partners at the beginning of the programand again at the conclusion of each phase. Each cohort will include a 12 week activemanagement phase and a 12 week sustainability phase. This project seeks to understand whetherthe following interventions induce measurable, meaningful health behavior changes: 12 weeks ofactive programming combined with 12 weeks of sustained management, coaching and peersupport, and nutrition and food skills education. The project's goals are as follows: to increase access to fresh, local, gusnip-qualifying fruits and vegetables for individuals experiencing food insecurity and/or managing chronic diet related conditions. To expand knowledge of cooking skills in order to increase utilization of fresh produce within participant diets. And to decrease utilization of healthcare services for chronic, diet-related disease through increased consumption of fresh produceshalom farms is uniquely positioned to administer this pilot project due to their decadelong history of operating the program in collaboration with multiple partners. The organizationhas a long-standing commitment to the communities IT serves, and has a proven and trustedreputation of delivering high quality programming to those most in need. Further, theorganization is uniquely positioned for produce-centered programming because of theiragricultural operations, which utilize volunteer labor to help subsidize the cost of fresh producefor program participants.