Source: MORNING AG CLIPS, 1/23/18

What if eating local fruits and vegetables wasn’t just “doctor’s orders,” but an actual prescription? Researchers at NC State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of North Carolina at Asheville have received a UNC System Inter-Institutional Grant, funded by the state General Assembly, to pilot a fruit-and-vegetable prescription program combined with a nutrition education program for low-income UNC Family Medicine patients suffering from diet-related chronic diseases.

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