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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...