Rockingham County Family and Consumer Sciences Extension agent Jordan Jeffries-James heard about PhytoRx and reached out to Cheri Granillo to talk about how it might work in Rockingham County.

L.O.T. 2540 became a PhytoRx hub filling multiple partner roles. L.O.T. 2540 is a multi-pronged relief agency located in Stoneville, NC, in the western part of Rockingham County. They provide hot meals though “The Well Cafe,” grocery items through Mobile Pantries and a Fresh Produce Market, healthcare resources in partnership with Cone Health and UNCG School of Nursing, as well as community classes for their clients.

The on-site nurse at L.O.T. 2540 was trained in the PhytoRx curriculum (Healthcare Provider Training). She was able to issue Produce Prescriptions and guide food choices from the Fresh Produce Market (Food “Pharmacy”). She referred participants to a Med Instead of Meds class (Patient Education) held at the L.O.T. 2540 headquarters that was led by Jordan.

He held weekly classes to connect food choice and preparation with the food that was available in a given week through the food pantry. Each week, a PhytoRx-branded kitchen tool was given to the participants to better equip them to follow through with the food choice principles they were learning so that new healthy habits could be cemented in their kitchen routines.