Community Food Security Program

No one should experience food insecurity

The Community Food Security Program works to cultivate an equitable and resilient local food system that ensures all Utahns have access to affordable, safe, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food. The work of CFSP is devoted to serving diverse communities across the state and reducing barriers of access to nutrition options.

Our programs

Our programs offer three-fold benefits to all Utahns: More equitable access to healthy and whole food choices, increased customer basis and sales for local farmers, and retention of food dollars in the local economy. Each program within CSFP has a ripple effect of benefits to the diverse communities it serves.
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Double Up Food Bucks

A $1 to $2 match of SNAP benefits at participant farmers markets, farm stands and grocery outlets.
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Produce Rx

A fruit and vegetable voucher program implemented in healthcare settings
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Senior Farmers Market Nutrition

An annual benefit of $50 to spend on fresh fruits, vegetables, and honey at authorized community locations for eligible seniors. 
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Local Food Purchasing Assistance

Improves Utah agriculture and supply chain resilience by supporting emergency food networks to establish partnerships with local food producers.
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Our Impact in Action

Paying with SNAP/EBT? Save 50% on fresh fruits and veggies with double up food bucks
In June 2025, Double Up Food Bucks launched to its first Utah grocery store. Double Up is now operating in four Utah grocery stores, including Davis Food and Drug in La Verkin, Roosevelt and Vernal, UT, and Gouldings Grocery Store in Monument Valley. At these stores, SNAP participants will receive an automatic discount on fresh fruits and vegetables paid for with their SNAP card. 
In March 2025, the Community Food Security Program (CFSP) traveled with the Office of American Indian and Alaska Native Health and Family Services to the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation to attend their monthly general tribal council meeting. CFSP presented on their produce incentive and local food purchasing assistance (LFPA) programs and toured the reservation’s food pantry. The Goshute Reservation is located 1 ½ hours away from the nearest grocery store in Wendover, making it difficult to stock their pantry with fresh produce and goods in favor of more shelf stable items. CFSP helped establish a new collaboration with the Goshute pantry and an LFPA grantee, Community Action Services and Food Bank, who was able to provide a truckload of products to the pantry.

    Quick stats

    Year established

    Number of participating sites

    Money back into the local food system

    SNAP
    2011
    0
    $500000

    Double Up Food Bucks

    2015
    0
    $400000

    Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program

    2022
    0
    $0

    Produce Rx

    2017
    0
    $0
    $0
    in total returned to local food systems
    Data recorded Mar 2025
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    Double Up Food Bucks (Double Up)

    Double Up Food Bucks (Double Up) is a triple win for Utah:

    • Families bring home more healthy food
    • Farmers gain an additional revenue stream
    • More food dollars stay in the local food economy, strengthening communities

    The Double Up Food Bucks program is a nutrition incentive program that stretches low-income SNAP recipients’ food budgets while increasing access to fresh, healthy local food. Use your SNAP EBT card to buy fresh vegetables and fruit at participating Farmers Markets, Farm Stands, and CSAs.

    When you purchase $1 of SNAP eligible items with your SNAP card, you earn $2 in Double Up Food Bucks to spend on fresh fruits and vegetables, up to $20 per day.

    Double Up Food Bucks locations (list version)

    Double Up Food Bucks locations (map version)

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    Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program 

    The Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program is a produce incentive program that offers an annual $50 to qualified seniors to spend at authorized sites including farmers markets, farm stands, and various senior centers or community locations statewide.

    Criteria for participation:

    • 60+ years of age
    • Household income 185% below FPL
    • Not yet received vouchers this year

    2025 Income Eligibility Guidelines

    SFMNP offers two options to participate:

    How to enroll:

    • Farmers Markets and Bulk Purchasing locations are no longer able to enroll seniors, and do not have SFMNP coupons to distribute. 
    • Please contact Utahns Against Hunger at 1-800-453-3663 immediately to enroll in the program. Please note there are a very limited number of spots remaining this season, and it is first come for serve.
    • The last day to enroll in SFMNP is September 30th, 2025.
    • For more information, visit the Utahns Against Hunger website.

    Where coupons can be spent:

    Find a site near you!

    October 15th, 2025 is the last day SFMNP coupons can be spent.

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    Utah Produce Rx

    The Utah Produce Rx program is a fruit and vegetable prescription program implemented in a healthcare setting to screen and enroll eligible patients into the program during regular clinic visits. Eligible patients receive up to $300 to spend at participating farmers markets and local retailers. 

    Criteria for PRx participation:

    • 18+ years of age
    • Household income 125% below FPL
    • Experiencing food Insecurity

    Our partner clinics: 

    • Cottonwood Medical Clinic
    • Hope Clinic
    • Midtown Community Health Center
    • Weber Human Services
    • Sacred Circle
    • Family Healthcare
    • Wellness Bus
    • Utah Partners for Health
    • VA Hospital

    Local Food Purchasing Assistance Program

    The Local Food Purchasing Assistance Program has operated in Utah since Spring of 2022. This program is supported by USDA funding to support local and socially disadvantaged food producers through building and expanding economic opportunities.The program does this by establishing and broadening partnerships with local producers and local food networks to ensure distribution of fresh and nutritious foods in underserved communities.

    Over the past three years, the program has seen 439,557 pounds of food purchased from local, disadvantaged farmers and distributed to food insecure Utahns. This food has been distributed to an estimated 234,141 food insecure individuals at 1,720 food distribution events across 8 counties, including Emery, Grand, Salt Lake, San Juan, Summit, Utah, Wasatch, and Weber counties.

    Meet our Team

    Natalie Loots
    Natalie Loots, MPH, CPH, CHES
    Natalie Loots manages the Community Food Security Program. She is passionate about policy and system-level change efforts that increase community food security and build sustainable food systems in Utah. She earned a Masters in Public Health from the University of Minnesota with specialties in urban planning and program evaluation, and has been working in food security/food systems in Minnesota, California and Utah for the past 12 years.
    Hannah Goggin
    Hannah Goggin
    Hannah Goggin is dedicated to building resilient food systems by reconnecting people back to local food and increasing access to fresh, healthy produce. Through her work with the Green Urban Lunch Box and now Utah Department of Health and Human Services, HG has been actively involved in the Utah food system for several years. She strives to facilitate communication between local farmers, community based organizations, and government agencies in order to strengthen food security for Utahns.
    Genevieve Daly
    Genevieve Daly, MBA, RDN
    Genevieve is committed to improving community health by educating individuals on healthy eating while fostering connections between people and their local food resources. Her passion for nutrition led her to become a registered dietitian where she combined her expertise in nutrition with a strategic approach to food access. Genevieve previously worked as a retail dietitian and later with the Utah WIC program where she collaborated with retail vendors to ensure families in Utah have access to nutritious food options. She currently oversees three produce incentive programs and is dedicated to creating innovative solutions that improve community food access to fresh produce.
    Katerina Bolliger
    Katerina Bolliger, MPH
    Katerina has been energetic about building resilient food systems and food equity for over a decade. She began her journey working for small farms in Colorado while earning her undergraduate degree in human nutrition and dietetics. Shortly after, she earned her Master of Public Health degree from George Washington University where she focused on food sovereignty and food security while working with farm-nonprofits to engage with policy makers to make access to local, healthy food easier for Coloradans. Katerina is now proud to be an active participant in making healthy food more accessible to all Utahns. 

    Frequently Asked Questions

    How to contact our team or get involved in supporting more food security.