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Spring 2026: Call your state rep and senator and ask them to support $29.7 million for HIP, line item 4400-1004, in the fiscal year 2027 budget. If you are a HIP farmer vendor or serve SNAP clients: please print out the flyer in postcard size to share. You can also share this form directly [...]
(Updated as of May 2025) The Healthy Incentives Program means healthy families, sustainable farms, and a strong local economy.
On behalf of the more than 300 Campaign for HIP Funding supporters: Organizations AARP Massachusetts, Statewide About Fresh, Boston Alchemy Initiative, Pittsfield All Farmers, Springfield Alliance of Massachusetts YMCAs, Boston Allston Brighton Health Collaborative, Boston American Academy of Pediatrics, MA Chapter, Waltham American Farmland Trust, Northampton American Heart Association and American Stroke Association, Waltham [...]
Find a complete list of organizations that are supporting the Healthy Incentives Program (HIP).
Lessons learned from the Campaign for Healthy Incentives Program funding.
Feel free to download, print, and share all files widely.
Campaign for HIP Funding members have developed many resources for their local HIP consumers over the years.
Bringing people together to create a just food system and to build healthy, sustainable and equitable communities in Worcester, AM and beyond.
A strategic guide for effective state budget advocacy—detailing how to influence line‑item appropriations, coordinate with legislative champions, and shape the fiscal narrative to secure local food system investments.
Interested in sending a story about the impact the Healthy Incentives Program (HIP) has had on you, your customers or on your community? Download, fill out and send this postcard to legislators.
Do you know about the extra money you get for FRUITS AND VEGETABLES through SNAP?
Coastal Foodshed discusses the Healthy Incentives Program in Massachusetts.
Cape Cod Cooperative Extension Encourages SNAP Recipients to Take Advantage of Benefits in this promotional video.
A report on the five years of the Campaign for HIP Financing, including what made this effort succeed and where opportunities exist for further work.
Find farms and markets near you that support the HIP campaign.
Mill City Grows is proud support the Healthy Incentives Program (HIP) which gives families greater access to fresh food.
Learn more about purchasing fresh, local produce through the Healthy Incentives Program (HIP) and other food assistance programs, as well as access HIP information pamphlets in English • Cape Verdean Creole • Khmer • Russian • Spanish.
A resource from the Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance. DTA has also developed youtube tutorials in several languages about how to use this resource!
Practical guidance for engaging legislators—such as building relationships, submitting impactful testimony, and navigating the legislative process—to effectively advocate for local food system policy change.
Information about the program from the Department of Transitional Assistance
A tool to help you make meaningful changes that affect your work and your community. Using these tools, you and your allies can contribute to creating policy that helps the food system thrive.