Press Release: 8/10/2022

Baker-Polito Administration Announces Over 100 New Healthy Incentives Program Farm Vendors

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

8/09/2022

Department of Transitional Assistance

Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources

Executive Office of Health and Human Services

Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

BOSTON — Today the Baker-Polito Administration announced new vendors for the Healthy Incentives Program (HIP). One hundred and seven new vendors and fifteen current vendors expanding access points were selected based on their ability to respond to the needs of prioritized populations and communities. This includes serving areas where food insecurity and rates of chronic disease have historically been disproportionately high, serving areas designated as food deserts or low-access areas, and demonstrating an ability to reach SNAP clients with disabilities and/or Black SNAP clients, who have historically accessed fewer HIP locations compared to other client populations.

“Enrolling more Healthy Incentives Program vendors reflects the Administration’s commitment to offer Massachusetts households with healthy and culturally accessible food and support a strong local food system,” said Secretary of Health and Human Services Marylou Sudders. “These efforts build on the success of the Food Security Infrastructure Grant Program, previous addition of 39 HIP vendors and launch of the DTA Finder HIP map as we continue to promote food security across the Commonwealth.”

“HIP has been a wonderful collaboration across the environmental and health and human service agencies. Through programs like HIP, we can work together to not only address the sustainability of local agriculture, but also to combat food insecurity across the Commonwealth,” said Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Beth Card.

HIP provides matching funds for SNAP households who purchase locally grown produce from participating Massachusetts vendors. Vendors include farm stands, farmers markets, mobile markets, and CSA farm share programs. Learn more about HIP at Mass.gov/HIP and find a HIP vendor at DTAFinder.com, a multilingual mobile-friendly interactive map.

The majority of the newly selected HIP vendors are local, small-scale farmers who live in or have close ties to the communities and populations they intend to serve, while other selected applicants are local agricultural vendors with demonstrated capacity to serve high-need communities through innovative delivery models, mobile markets, targeted outreach, and sales locations embedded into communities with multiple days of availability.

Over half of towns previously without any HIP access points will be served by at least one new HIP vendor, and 76% of towns previously identified as having low HIP access for their SNAP client population will be served by the newly selected HIP vendors. Newly selected vendors will serve families in 25 of 26 Gateway Cities. Collectively, selected vendors will be able to provide HIP access in more than 25 languages.

“The Healthy Incentives Program is a powerful tool in our work to address food security issues across the state. The program not only increases access to fresh, healthy and locally grown food for SNAP clients, but also brings critical economic support to our local farms and communities,” said Department of Transitional Assistance Acting Commissioner Mary Sheehan. “These new and expanded local vendors will extend the reach of this impactful program to communities that have historically experienced higher rates of food insecurity and chronic disease or face structural barriers to food access, continuing the Administration’s focus on an equitable and just food system.”

“HIP is a very popular program with our Massachusetts farmers, which was demonstrated by the number of applications received by DTA. This significant expansion in the number of new and existing HIP retailers will very positively impact farms and farmers markets, and customers utilizing SNAP, in communities across the Commonwealth,” said Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources Commissioner John Lebeaux.

New Vendors Include:

Farm Vendor	Primary location served*	Farm Vendor	Primary location served*
Aeonian Farm	Braintree	Agric Organics LLC	Springfield
Almeidas Vegetable Path	Swansea	Antonellis Farm LLC	Deerfield
Arcadian Farms, Inc.	Holliston	Barbosa Family Farm	Quincy
Bardwell Farm	Springfield	Barrett’s Mill Farm	Concord
Bayes Norton Farm	Oak Bluffs	Belchertown Farmers and Artisans Market	Belchertown
Berkshire Grown, Inc.	Great Barrington	Billerica Community Farmers Market	Billerica
Bombeta Farms	Boston	Book & Plow Farm	Amherst
Brighton Winter Farmers Market	Boston	Brookford Farm	Somerville
Brox Farm, LLC	Dracut	Cape Abilities Farm	Dennis
Cervelli Farmstand	Rochester	Charles River Farm	Quincy
Chickadee Hill Farm	Beverly	Chris’ Farmstand	Haverhill
Clark Farm	Marblehead	Clark Farm Market	Carlisle
Clodhopper Farm, LLC	Milford	Cloutman Farms DBA Clout Ag LLC	Cambridge
Codman Community Farms, Inc	Lincoln	Colfax Farm	Pittsfield
Cook’s Valley Farm	Wrentham	Cournoyer Vegetable Farm	Paxton
Daily Farm	Quincy	Dancing Harvest Farm	Revere
Dave’s Natural Garden	Granby	Digger Foods	Brockton
Dusty Goat Farm Living Foods	East Longmeadow	Easthampton Farmers’ Market	Easthampton
Eastie Farm	Boston	Elliot Farm LLC	Lakeville
Farmer Dave’s LLC	Lynn	Farmer Tim’s Vegetables	Watertown
Farmers World	Worcester	Franklin Farmers Market	Franklin
Freeman Farm	Heath	Gove Farm	Leominster
Grant Family Farm	Swampscott	Greenfield Farmers Market	Greenfield
Hannan Healthy Foods Farm LLC	Somerville	Heavens Harvest Farm	Boston
Heron Pond Farm	Somerville	Holiday Farm	Berlin
Holly Maitland DBA Maitland Mountain Farm	Salem	Holmestead Harvest	East Bridgewater
Homestead Farm Market	Rehoboth	Honey Nut Farm	Canton
Humble Hands Farm	Taunton	Hutchins Farm	Concord
Iron Ox Farm	Gloucester	Kelley Farm	Lexington
Krunch Hospitality	Pittsfield	La Arecibena Family Farm	Holyoke
Labatour Good	Boston	Leanna & Wilvert’s Organic Eggs	Holbrook
Lexavah Farms	Quincy	Lion’s Tooth Farm	Pittsfield
Little Man Farm	Springfield	Lovefield Farm	Easthampton
Mai Asian Vegetables	Brockton	Marblehead Farmers’ Market	Marblehead
Mass Audubon’s Farm at Moose Hill	Boston	Mass Farmers Markets	Boston
Mattapan Square Farmers Market	Boston	Misigaro Farms	Worcester
Moonrose Farm LLC	Rehoboth	Mountain View Farms, LLC	Easthampton
Mycoterra Farm, Inc	Deerfield	Nalee Farms	Westfield
Natural Roots	Conway	New England Wild Edibles	Northampton
Newhall Fields Community Farm, Inc.	Peabody	Newton Community Farm	Newton
Nubia Farms	Brighton	Nuestras Raices	Holyoke
OASIS on Ballou	Boston	Old Earth Orchards, LLC	Taunton
Orleans Farmers Market, Inc.	Orleans	Pepin Farm	Northampton
Pleasant Lake Farm	Chatham	Pomeroy’s Vegetable Farm	East Longmeadow
Quabbin Hill Farms	Amherst	Rachel’s Everlastings	Orange
Ray’s Family Farm, Inc.	Southwick	Red Shirt Farm	North Adams
Revere Farmers Market	Revere	Round Table	Boston
Saltbox Farm	Waltham	Seaview Farm	Rockport
Sheffield Farmers Market	Sheffield	Sholan Farms	Leominster
Silverwood Farm LLC	Sherborn	Snowplace Farm	Acton
Stearns Farm CSA	Framingham	Sunbow 5 Foundation	Amherst
Sunderland Farm Collaborative	Holyoke	Sunset Farm	Amherst
Kosinski’s Farm Stand	Westfield	Sustainable Nantucket	Nantucket
T. Johnson Farms	Swansea	The Farmers Market at Forest Park	Springfield
The King Farm	Dartmouth	Three Sisters Garden Project	Ipswich
Verrill Farm LLC	Concord	Waltham Fields Community Farm	Waltham
Warner Farm	Greenfield	West Tisbury Farmers Market	West Tisbury
Westfield Farmers Market	Westfield	White Barn Farm	Wrentham
White Rabbit Farm	Barre	Whitemarz Farm	Brighton
Wildberry Acres Farm	Wilbraham	Williamstown Farmers Market	Williamstown
Wolf Tree Farm LLC	Springfield	Worcester Regional Food Hub	Worcester
*Note that vendors may be selling in multiple communities beyond those listed

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