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University of Massachusetts Amherst faculty and students are part of three federally funded community partnerships in Western Massachusetts aimed at alleviating food insecurity and encouraging healthy eating by expanding access to fresh fruits and vegetables.

The partnerships are funded by three, three-year $500,000 grants from the USDA’s Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP), which nationally has invested $59.4 million through GusNIP’s nutrition incentive and produce prescription programs.

Produce prescription (PRx) programs are a medical treatment or preventive service for

Testing Mosquitoes Age Can Reduce Vector-Borne Diseases

Amanda Paluch, assistant professor of kinesiology and current Family Research Scholar, is the lead author of a newly issued update to a scientific statement from the American Heart Association regarding resistance exercise training and cardiovascular disease. The statement appeared online in December ahead of print in the Jan. 16 issue of the journal Circulation.