A $2.8 million federal grant is being used in a University of Hawaiʻi study that involves giving some patients funds for locally grown fruits and vegetables — and to see how access to local and healthy food impacts high blood pressure and food insecurity.
The National Institutes of Health awarded the grant to UH Mānoa’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience.
As part of the so-called “produce prescription” program, about 250 patients with hypertension will receive $100 vouchers monthly to buy produce from designated farmers markets…