Prescriptions for Produce

“This is every farmer’s dream. You’ve got farmer to consumer week after week, so you make a relationship, and you are living this with them. I find myself harvesting based on what they want. They know their farmer, and I know who I’m feeding. I’ve been paid whether it snows, sleets, rains, or it’s blasting sun hot. It’s a contract, and you don’t find that very often as a farm.”

"They were fabulous to work with and I felt like we created a collaborative community atmosphere on FARMacy WV market days."

"This may be a big ask but assurances that this program will continue at current levels or even potentially grow in the coming years would allow farmers to plan their growth accordingly while mitigating the risk that can come with production expansion."

“FARMacy WV provides economic sustainability for farmers across the state. Farmers can be encouraged to grow more and scale up their production.”

“I really have a blast doing it and it means a lot to me to be able to serve these patients fresh produce every week. It really brings me joy when I see them and they thank me over and over.”

“Some patients have mentioned that the program helped them change their diets to a more vegetable-based diet and that they were loving it and are going to miss the fresh produce. We cannot have enough fresh produce in our local community!”

“With what I made this year, I went ahead and paid off my truck and next week we are getting all new plastic on two high tunnels. We are literally taking the money and putting it right back into the farm.”

“I hope you all can grow this. I’d make this my full-time work if I could! We love FARMacy WV!”