Food, Agriculture & Nutrition

Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation Awards Over $2.3M to More Than 900 Organizations in 2017

WELLESLEY, MA -- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation today announced that it awarded more than $2.3 million in grants to more than 900 nonprofit organizations in over 300 communities in  Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire in 2017. Since its inception in 1980, the Foundation has granted more than $145 million in funds throughout the four states.

Sunday, January 21, 2018
Family-Farm Program Expands

NEW HAVEN, CT -- New Haven Farms will expand its incubator farm program this growing season to include locations in the Fair Haven and Hill neighborhoods, bringing an additional 25 families to the project. The program is partially funded by the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation. “The incubator gardener program grew out of requests from our participants in the farm-based wellness program that they wanted to be more knowledgeable and to have the opportunity to grow their own food after having ...