Baker-Polito Administration announces 107 new Massachusetts healthy incentives program farm vendors

BOSTON – Today the Baker-Polito Administration announced new vendors for the Healthy Incentives Program. One hundred and seven new vendors and fifteen current vendors 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.

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:

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

Learn more about HIP at Mass.gov/HIP and find a HIP vendor at DTAFinder.com, a multilingual mobile-friendly interactive map