Healthy Hampshire

GusNIP Produce Prescription Program boosts healthy food availability and support for local residents

Posted on Wednesday, April 19th, 2023 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Martha Maloney, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: 4/18/2023

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program’s (GusNIP) Produce Prescription and Nutrition Incentive program has awarded $500,000 over three years to support the Produce for Health in Hampshire County’s Food Desert Communities project. Healthy Hampshire focuses on building communities that support nourished, active, and joyful residents who are empowered to shape… [Read More]

Salazar receives 2022 Latino Excellence Award

Posted on Friday, October 14th, 2022 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Martha Maloney, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: October 14, 2022

Rossana Salazar received a 2022 Latino Excellence Award in a virtual ceremony which took place Thursday, October 13, 2022. The awards, presented by the Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus, honor Latino “leaders, trailblazers, and changemakers who contribute significantly to the commonwealth.” Salazar is a Community Engagement and Evaluation Specialist working with Latino families and… [Read More]

Amherst Mobile Market begins third year on June 7th

Posted on Thursday, June 2nd, 2022 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Martha Maloney, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: June 2, 2022

June 7th is the opening date for the Amherst Mobile Market, a community driven, bilingual mobile farmers market bringing affordable, organic fresh produce to Amherst’s food desert neighborhoods. Entering its third year, the market season runs through October 22 with four pick-up sites as well as two boxed share delivery sites and four market share… [Read More]

Healthy Hampshire Receives CISA 2022 Local Hero Award

Posted on Thursday, April 21st, 2022 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Kathryn Levesque, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: April 21, 2022

Each year, Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA) honors a group of people, businesses, or partners who have made a positive impact on the local food system, through their Local Hero Awards. CISA has been working for over 25 years to build a stronger, more resilient, and more just local food system. The organization envisions… [Read More]

Wanted: Members for Hampshire County Food Policy Council

Posted on Thursday, February 24th, 2022 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Emily Thurlow, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Date: 2/22/22
Link: Complete Article

NORTHAMPTON — A food policy council for Hampshire County is seeking members to join its fledgling group, established two years ago as a means to address regional food insecurity and a systemic lack of access to healthy food. The goal of the Hampshire County Food Policy Council, funded by a state grant, is to give… [Read More]

For the Hampshire County Food Policy Council (HCFPC), community leadership is at the heart of their work.

Posted on Wednesday, January 5th, 2022 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Kathryn Levesque, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: 1/5/2022

The mission is to cultivate shared governance and a county-wide network that builds the power of community voice to make food policies more equitable, honor diverse cultures, and help local food economies to flourish. As a result, developing a new and very different approach to governance for the Council has been critically important work for… [Read More]

Healthy Hampshire sends team to Johns Hopkins initiative

Posted on Monday, July 19th, 2021 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Martha Maloney, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: 7/19/2021

Healthy Hampshire County Food Policy Council Startup Circle members Talya Sogoba and Kia Aoki have been chosen to participate in the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future Food Policy Council Community Invest in racially and economically just food systems community of practice. Participating as a team, Talya and Kia become part of a two… [Read More]

Mobile markets make local food accessible

Posted on Wednesday, June 16th, 2021 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Alexis Breiteneicher, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Date: 6/16/2021

As summer approaches, several nonprofits are cleaning out their vans, mapping out routes, and coordinating with farmers for the start of their mobile markets. It is exactly what you’d imagine — a small farmers market packed up in a van and driven around to communities. Caitlin Marquis, of the nonprofit Healthy Hampshire, which is supporting… [Read More]

Hilltown Mobile Market on the move in 2019

Posted on Wednesday, July 24th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Caitlin Marquis, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: 7/16/2019

Chesterfield, MA – A new Hilltown Mobile Market will be opening this summer, thanks to a collaborative effort between Healthy Hampshire, Hilltown Community Development, the Hilltown Community Health Center, and several Hilltown farms. The Mobile Market—which will visit sites in Huntington and Worthington—will run for 10 weeks from July 25th through September 27th. Everyone is… [Read More]

Health care systems, including Cooley Dickinson, turn to a ‘new’ old medicine: healthy food

Posted on Tuesday, July 9th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Shira Schoenberg, Masslive/Republican
Date: 6/23/2019
Link: Complete Article

A few times a week, Katie Macomber, medical home care coordinator at Amherst Pediatrics, writes a “prescription” for patients and their families. Macomber is not a doctor, and the prescription is not for medicine. Rather, it is a form from the Amherst Survival Center, designed to look like a prescription, that sends families to the… [Read More]