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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
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Mass Food System Collaborative retweeted
Trump is refusing to comply with a court order to fund SNAP, despite having the funds to ensure folks are fed through Nov.
I convened food providers in the #MA7 who could go under as a result.
Republicans are letting families go hungry & devastating local economies. Their shutdown must end NOW.
Mass Food System Collaborative retweeted
We're sounding the alarm on the crisis facing families and small business thanks to Trump and Republicans' government shutdown.
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Mass Food System Collaborative retweeted
As SNAP benefits will not be supported through the month of November as the federal government shutdown continues, please remember that HIP will still provide SNAP recipients with funding to buy fresh local produce.
You must keep a balance of at least 1 cent to use it.
Mass Food System Collaborative retweeted
The federal gov’t chose not to issue SNAP benefits this month — but MA’s Healthy Incentives Program (HIP) is still active.
Keep at least $0.01 on your EBT to get $40+ in local fruits & veggies from HIP vendors. 🍎
Find one near you: dtafinder.dtadash.ehs.mass.g… #MAPoli #MALeg
Tomorrow!
Massachusetts families are at risk of going hungry come November if SNAP isn’t funded — and we need you to stand with us! 💥 RSVP to Rally for SNAP on the State House steps Tuesday, Oct. 28, at 12 p.m. Let’s make our voices impossible to ignore. projectbread.org/events/rall…
Massachusetts families are at risk of going hungry come November if SNAP isn’t funded — join us at the State House! RSVP to Rally for SNAP on the State House steps Tuesday, Oct. 28 at 12pm.
Mass Food System Collaborative retweeted
Join MLRI, @projectbread, @Gr8BosFoodBank, @WorcCtyFoodBank, @FoodBankWMA, @MVFoodBank, @ChildrensHW, @MAFoodSys, and the entire Make Hunger History coalition at the MA State House on Tues. Oct. 28 at 12pm to urge our leaders: Do not delay SNAP!
Mass Food System Collaborative retweeted
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 be blunt: our farmers are facing serious challenges. Many told me they’re struggling to make a living amid a crushing affordability crisis, Trump’s tariffs, cuts to nutrition assistance programs, and labor shortages spurred by mass deportations.
Under Trump, the message to small family farms is clear: get big, or get out. Not on my watch—I’m going back to Washington fired up to fight for our farmers.
I also want to thank all the local folks & community organizations that joined our tour—including State Sens. @jo_comerford, Paul Mark, @ryanfattman; State Reps. Lindsay Sabadosa, @josephdmckenna, @katedonaghue; and @MassDeptAgr, @NRCS_MA, @RD_SNE, @mafoodsys, CISA & @metrowestfoodc1.
Mass Food System Collaborative retweeted
A reminder that Healthy Incentives Program (HIP) benefits are increasing! Beginning September 1, 2025 the new HIP benefit caps will be:
Households of 1–2 people: $40/month
Households of 3–5 p: $60/month
Households of 6 or more:$80/month
gettingsnap.org/benefits-of-…
Mass Food System Collaborative retweeted
The Urban Farming Institute in Mattapan is doing incredible work promoting access to healthy foods & standing in the gap to support vulnerable residents.
It was a joy to join them in community last week for live music, to shop local produce, & to learn more about their efforts.
Mass Food System Collaborative retweeted
A little good news to shine a light. Thanks to tireless advocacy from @MAFoodSys @RECWorcester & others, HIP benefits have doubled - just in time for the best seasonal produce!
Healthy Incentives Program (HIP) benefits have increased!
All active SNAP households can now use up to $40 each month in HIP.
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Visit DTAFinder.com to find HIP locations near you!
Mass Food System Collaborative retweeted
🎉Starting July 1st, the Health Incentives Program (HIP) will reimburse up to $40/month for fresh food bought from MA farmers using SNAP!
👉Learn about using SNAP/HIP at our markets: recworcester.org/hipfaq
#RECWorcester #FoodJustice #HIP #SNAP
Mass Food System Collaborative retweeted
TY @MassGovernor for joining 22 Guvs & speaking out. Proposed SNAP cuts and cost-shifting to states are UNCONSCIONABLE. @DTA_Listens @projectbread @FoodBankWMA @MAFoodSys @Gr8BosFoodBank @MVFoodBank @USCCB @SenWarren @SenMarkey @CivilLegalAid
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
Mass Food System Collaborative retweeted
SNAP isn’t driving the deficit — billionaire tax cuts are. In a powerful new piece, Gina Plata-Nino, JD, SNAP Deputy Director, outlines the real costs of Senate Republicans’ proposed SNAP cuts. Read why this fight matters: frac.org/blog/senate-follows…
Mass Food System Collaborative retweeted
SNAP helps millions of kids eat. Now Congress wants to gut it — slashing $300 billion to fund tax breaks for the wealthiest households and corporations. It’s cruel, calculated, and happening this week. Contact your Senator now: secure.everyaction.com/lmBv7… frac.org/
Mass Food System Collaborative retweeted
Medicaid is healthcare. SNAP is food assistance.
Both are lifelines and we're not done fighting for them.
The Senate must reject Republicans' Big Ugly Bill and protect our families.
Mass Food System Collaborative retweeted
SNAP is a lifeline for 1.1M MA residents.
Proposed federal cuts would be devastating for these children, seniors, and people with disabilities, and would harm our state’s economic vitality.
Learn more about how these cuts would hurt MA here⬇️
mass.gov/news/governor-heale…
ALT Infographic that has the DTA logo, picture of the state of MA, text that reads, "Our Impact. 1 in 6 people in MA. 1.1 million people across every city and town. DTA clients are 32% children, 28% have a disability, 25% older adults. $1 SNAP spent --> $1.54 economic activity. $2.7 billion in federal dollars brought into Massachusetts each year"
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.