Mass Food System Collaborative
@MAFoodSys
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Working to promote, monitor, and facilitate implementation of the MA Local Food Action Plan & build a resilient, sustainable & equitable local food system.
Massachusetts, USA
Joined October 2013
RT @RepMcGovern: That’s a wrap on our 15th annual Farm Tour! Central & Western Mass is home to the best produce & meat in the U.S. But I’ll….
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RT @projectbread: A reminder that Healthy Incentives Program (HIP) benefits are increasing! Beginning September 1, 2025 the new HIP benefi….
gettingsnap.org
SNAP provides recipients with monthly funds for food, free school meals for kids, and additional savings and discount opportunities. Learn about the benefits of getting SNAP in Massachusetts and if...
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RT @DTA_Listens: The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced that the Healthy Incentives Program (HIP) will restore its tiered benef….
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RT @RepPressley: The Urban Farming Institute in Mattapan is doing incredible work promoting access to healthy foods & standing in the gap t….
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RT @WooFoodPolicy: A little good news to shine a light. Thanks to tireless advocacy from @MAFoodSys @RECWorcester & others, HIP benefits ha….
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RT @RECWorcester: 🎉Starting July 1st, the Health Incentives Program (HIP) will reimburse up to $40/month for fresh food bought from MA farm….
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RT @PatMLRI: TY @MassGovernor for joining 22 Guvs & speaking out. Proposed SNAP cuts and cost-shifting to states are UNCONSCIONABLE. @DTA_….
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Thank you to the Healey-Driscoll Administration, especially the team at @MassEEA, for all their work on the MassReady Act (aka the environmental bond bill)! Excited to see more than $200 million of investment for a sustainable, equitable, resilient local food system. #mapoli.
Today, I filed the Mass Ready Act to protect communities from severe weather — and the costs that come with it. Because for every $1 we invest in strong infrastructure and restoration, we save $13 when the extreme weather hits.
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RT @fractweets: SNAP isn’t driving the deficit — billionaire tax cuts are. In a powerful new piece, Gina Plata-Nino, JD, SNAP Deputy Direct….
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Published June 12, 2025 Senate Republicans have introduced a reconciliation bill that echoes the House’s approach to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), proposing sweeping and...
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RT @WooFoodPolicy: SNAP helps millions of kids eat. Now Congress wants to gut it — slashing $300 billion to fund tax breaks for the wealthi….
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RT @RepPressley: Medicaid is healthcare. SNAP is food assistance. Both are lifelines and we're not done fighting for them. The Senate mus….
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RT @DTA_Listens: SNAP is a lifeline for 1.1M MA residents. Proposed federal cuts would be devastating for these children, seniors, and pe….
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Thank you @RepPressley! Cuts to SNAP are deeply harmful, and will impact our economy and local farmers, and deepen food insecurity.
Republicans’ reconciliation bill would gut SNAP & increase food insecurity in the #MA7 & nationwide. I asked my GOP colleagues if any of them are willing to vote NO and make sure that children, people with disabilities, & veterans don’t go hungry. Their silence was deafening.
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RT @sustainableag: 📢Students & neighbors facing food insecurity deserve access to fresh #localfood. When @USDA terminated LFPA & LFS, it ca….
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RT @YoungFarmers: Our farmers and the organizations that support them are under attack, and we won’t stand by as the new administration and….
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Good news: The House Ways & Means Committee has proposed $20 Million for the Healthy Incentives Program in the FY26 state budget! Thank you to Speaker @RonMariano & Chairman @RepMichlewitz for this vital investment in healthy families and sustainable farmers. #HIPworks #mapoli.
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More than 70 Massachusetts HIP farmers and vendors agree: the state must urgently fully fund the Healthy Incentives Program, as farmers and low income families face severe economic uncertainty! #mapoli .
bostonglobe.com
"Our customers tell us how disappointed they are, and how they are facing empty cabinets at home and making the decision not to attend farmers markets," write a group of Massachusetts farmers.
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RT @RECWorcester: @MassGovernor, urgent action is needed! Please introduce a supplemental budget to fully fund HIP now. Farmers are struggl….
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RT @MassEducation: This week the USDA notified @MASchoolsK12 that the FY25 Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program + $3.4M in Emergency….
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