Tevis Robertson-Goldberg, with Crab Apple Farm in Chesterfield, waits to cash out Christina Remmes, who was using her Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to buy produce through ...

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 ...

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, ...

WORCESTER ― Once the state implements cuts to the Healthy Incentives Program on Dec. 1, a move administrators deem necessary to ensure the program runs throughout the year, Maria Diaz will not be able ...

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 ...

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.

SPRINGFIELD — On a recent afternoon, city resident Jeanette and her young child walked into the Walnut Street Farm Store to pick up produce. Jeanette receives $60 per month from the state’s Healthy ...

Who would take the budget ax to a “healthy incentive?” If your guess was Massachusetts lawmakers, you’ve likely lived in the Bay State for a long time. The victim this time is a modest program that ...