Atlas Farm Store manager Kelly Hickey in the Deerfield farm store. Atlas Farm Store in the Deerfield. gazette file photo A big change will be coming to families who take advantage of the Healthy ...

We lend our voice to the chorus of advocates, farmers and Berkshire lawmakers calling for the full funding of the state’s Healthy Incentives Program. How could we not? The Healthy Incentives Program, ...

Massachusetts families who receive food assistance also qualify for extra dollars every month they can spend on fresh, locally grown produce. But that benefit will soon be drastically reduced.

Meghan Hastings, of Dave's Natural Garden out of Granby, talks with Thomas M. Kennedy of Northampton who was using his HIP funds to buy fresh fruit and vegetables at Grow Food Northampton's Tuesday ...

Last year, we urged Massachusetts lawmakers to reprioritize the Healthy Incentives Program. We’re pleased to see the program known as HIP will restore higher benefit caps thanks to a spending bill ...

BOSTON — The signs held by the people on the State House steps Wednesday were unmistakable. The group, representing farmers and families, want proposed cuts to the state’s Healthy Incentives Program ...

Some western Mass farms say new cuts in the state program that helps low-income people buy fresh produce is creating a financial crisis. Before the cuts, families with SNAP food benefits would get ...