WARREN — For the fifth year in a row, Hatchet Cove Farm in Warren has received a grant from the Wholesome Wave Foundation to expand accessibility to organic vegetables for low-income families. Families that utilize SNAP benefits to purchase their Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) share with Hatchet Cove will receive a 50% discount off the price of their share.

When a family purchases a CSA share it means they become a "member" of the farm, and they receive weekly deliveries of seasonal, organic vegetables for sixteen weeks (from mid-June through September). Members can pick up their shares in Rockland (at the UU church), in Rockport (at Pen Bay Medical Center), or in Warren (at the farm on Finntown Road).

The regular cost of a "small family share" is $350, but in addition to the grant for SNAP recipients, there is also financial aid available to families who might need extra help in making a CSA share possible for them. In addition to vegetables, members can choose to add on a cheese share (with Appleton Creamery), a mushroom share (with Oyster Creek Mushroom Co.), a raw milk share, a local grains share, a honey share and more.

Contact Reba Richardson at info@hatchetcovefarm or 712-7382 for more information, or visit hatchetcovefarm.com to sign up or learn more about the Community Supported Agriculture program, financial aid, and the farm.