New Bedford group gets grant money for food initiatives

WELLESLEY – Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation has awarded $969,276 in new Healthy Food Fund grants to 20 not-for-profit community food initiatives that grow, distribute and/or market fresh food in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.

Mass in Motion in New Bedford was awarded $29,095 for its initiative to partner with two low-income housing authority sites to pilot a subsidized CSA program including training on cooking, nutrition, and food storage for more than 60 families in the first year.

“Our goal for the Harvard Pilgrim Healthy Food Fund is to make fresh, local food easily accessible and affordable for more low- and middle-income families in our region,” said Karen Voci, president of the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation. “We have been inspired by the many not-for-profit organizations in New England – farmers’ markets, community gardens, urban farms, food co-ops – that are making fresh and local food easier to find and buy.”