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Fresh produce at International Food Zone on Belmont Avenue in Springfield, Ma. The store accepts SNAP benefits but not the HIP incentive which now gives people $20 a month for fresh fruits and vegetables from a participating farmer's market.
Elizabeth Román
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NEPM
The Health Incentives Program (HIP) now only offers $20 per family, compared to $40-to-$80 previously. Farmers and advocates say, without restored funding, they will have to reduce winter market options.
A group of people on a boat look up at an offshore wind turbine in the ocean. Some of the people are holding microphones or cameras. The turbine is one base cylinder with three blades that rotate as the wind hits them.
David Lawlor
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Rhode Island PBS
Journalists from the New England News Collaborative had a rare chance to see Vineyard Wind, the nation's largest standing offshore wind project.