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Dianna just re-enrolled in SNAP benefits after losing them for a time. But she hasn’t missed a beat when it comes to keeping up with the HIP program. “I found out about HIP from my mom, Kathy. She’s a huge advocate. She tells everyone about it and how it can help you stretch your food […]

Chris Kurth farms fifty acres in Sudbury, sells direct to consumers at farmers’ markets in greater Boston, and participates in the Healthy Incentives Program. When asked about his experience with the program, he credits it as the “single, best change that has happened to Siena Farms, in the last half-decade. My farm business is only […]

Phuong enjoys shopping at the farmers markets with her aunt, Lai. Phuong shops for her family of five, including her husband and three children, ages thirteen, eleven, and nine. She does most of the household cooking and is conscious of managing her family’s food budget. She notes the quality and price of local produce as […]

Since the introduction of the Healthy Incentives Program, Nadine has dramatically improved her health and transformed her life. A diabetic, Nadine has lost over 100 pounds in the last three years, and gives full credit to the increased availability of freshly grown produce she receives from the Mill City Grows Mobile Market, which participates in […]

Suad and Haydar are farmers market regulars who usually shop as a mother and son team. Haydar shops for his family, including his wife and three children, ages eight, seven, and six months. Suad lives with her other son, his wife, and their three children, ages five, three, and one. With six children in the […]

AARP Massachusetts, statewide 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 Amherst Food Co-op, Amherst Amherst Survival Center, North Amherst Arlington EATS, Arlington Arlington Food Pantry, Arlington Arlington Regional […]

About Fresh, Boston All Farmers, Springfield Amherst Winter Farmers’ Market, Hadley Apponagansett Farm, Dartmouth Arrowhead Farm, Newburyport Ashfield Farmers market, Ashfield Ashmont Farmers Market, Dorchester Back Azimuth Farm, Middleborough Barrett’s Mill Farm, Concord Berberian Farm, Northborough Belchertown Farmers Market, Belchertown Bowdoin Geneva Farmers Market, Dorchester Braintree Farmers Market, Braintree Bree-Z-Knoll Farm, Leyden Breezy Gardens, Leicester […]

November 2024: Follow the steps in this call to action to support HIP and avoid the programmatic change due to lack of funding in the fiscal year 2025 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 […]

In 2018 agricultural networks identified climate change as one of the most critical factors impacting the long term viability of farmers and fishermen as well as the security of the Commonwealth’s food supply. We came to understand that efforts to respond to climate change operated mostly in isolation and as a result, no systemic, multi-sector […]

Decades of farmland conversion has resulted in a patchwork of noncontiguous farmland and former farmland parcels that are less than five acres in size. Over this time farming in Massachusetts has changed dramatically, underscoring significant shifts in farming technology and know-how, in opportunities for and interest in direct-to-consumer sales, and in our food system overall. […]