Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GRANBY — At Red Fire Farm, the hothouse tomatoes are coming on so quickly that they're running flash sales. The scent of freshly ...
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 ...
In September 2011 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded $85 million in grants to ten states to test financial incentive programs to encourage healthy behavior among Medicaid enrollees ...
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 ...
GREAT BARRINGTON — The Healthy Incentives Program, which provides a dollar-for-dollar match for SNAP dollars spent on fruits and vegetables at participating farmers markets, farm stands, mobile ...
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 ...
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 ...
GRANBY — At Red Fire Farm, the hothouse tomatoes are coming on so quickly that they’re running flash sales. The scent of freshly harvested garlic fills the air as it dries. Strawberries and ...