TY - JOUR AU - Byker Shanks, Carmen AU - Ahmed, Selena AU - Smith, Teresa AU - Houghtaling, Bailey AU - Jenkins, Mica AU - Margetts, Miranda PY - 2015 TI - Availability, Price, and Quality of Fruits and Vegetables in 12 Rural Montana Counties, 2014 T2 - Preventing Chronic Disease JO - Prev Chronic Dis SP - E128 VL - 12 CY - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. N2 - We assessed the consumer food environment in rural areas by using the Nutrition Environment Measures Survey for Stores (NEMS-S) to measure the availability, price, and quality of fruits and vegetables. We randomly selected 20 grocery stores (17 rural, 3 urban) in 12 Montana counties using the 2013 US Department of Agriculture's rural-urban continuum codes. We found significant differences in NEMS-S scores for quality of fruits and vegetables; of 6 possible points, the mean quality score was 4.5; of rural stores, the least rural stores had the highest mean quality scores (6.0). Intervention strategies should aim to increase fruit and vegetable quality in rural areas. SN - 1545-1151 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd12.150158 DO - 10.5888/pcd12.150158 ER -