Sustainable CAPE Programs
Food is Medicine Program
Sustainable CAPE delivers twice monthly Medically Tailored Food Boxes – full of healthy local food, including fruits, vegetables, and proteins – to eligible MassHealth members across Cape Cod. Read More…
CSA+
Outer Cape residents with active Massachusetts SNAP cards are eligible to receive our monthly home-delivered bag full of local fruits & vegetables at no-cost. Read More…
Farmers’ Market Food Access Programs
Sustainable CAPE increases the affordability of local foods through our Bonus Match Program for SNAP, WIC and Senior Discount Coupons, the Healthy Incentives Program (HIP), Project Gratitude for veterans, and Fresh Kids’ Awards for local schoolchildren. Our Farmers’ Market Coalition assists farmers’ markets across the Cape & Islands in implementing, operating, and funding these food access programs. Read more…
Food Donation Programs
Sustainable CAPE increases local food access for Cape Cod residents through our Harvest Highlight, Grow-a-Row for Neighbors, and Truro Community Fridge programs. By strengthening connections between local harvesters, community organizations, and dedicated individuals, we are able to get more healthful food to more of our neighbors. Read more…
Provincetown Educational Farmers’ Market
Saturdays, Mid-May through October
The Provincetown Farmers’ Market mission is to celebrate local food and educate the community about the many benefits of eating locally to our health and the environment. Market-goers can choose from wide range of products, from vegetables to baked treats, and more while enjoying the heart of Provincetown and learning about where our food comes from. Read more…
Truro Educational Farmers’ Market
Mondays, June through Mid-September
The Truro Farmers’ Market mission is to celebrate local food and educate the community about the many benefits of eating locally to our health and the environment. Market-goers can choose from wide range of products, from vegetables to lobsters to baked treats, and more – all grown, raised, caught or produced in Barnstable County – while enjoying live music, perusing education and art tables, and learning about where our food comes from. Read more…
Farmers’ Market Coalition
The Sustainable CAPE Farmers’ Market Coalition links Cape Cod Farmers Markets, sharing best practices and expertise as well as offering educational materials. We support markets in getting nutrition incentive programs up and running so all socioeconomic groups benefit from increased access to local food. We make these programs easier for market managers, vendors and customers alike. The coalition also jointly promotes Cape Cod markets offering Fruit & Vegetable Incentive Programs. Read More…
Truro Agricultural Fair
Sunday of Labor Day Weekend
Celebrating agriculture, aquaculture, fishing and farming, the Truro Agricultural Fair offers a delicious variety of locally harvested foods from land and sea. The fair encourages a deeper appreciation of the traditional harvesting industries taking place on Cape Cod today. It showcases the Cape’s history, the foods currently grown and harvested, and connects the health of our local food system to our physical health, environment and future. Read more…
Farmer-in-the-School Program
Sustainable CAPE works with all seven elementary school from Brewster through Provincetown, teaching over 1,000 children about the benefits of growing and eating local food. We have developed an innovative model: we hire a farmer/educator to work with students to link school gardens to the classroom curriculum, the school nurse’s health & wellness curriculum, and the school lunch/snack program. Read More…
Truro Children’s Community Garden
Sustainable CAPE’s Children’s Community Garden grows year-round organic produce with participating K-6 elementary school children. Children plant, cultivate, eat (and enjoy!) local fruits and vegetables – resulting in improved health and a formative early connection to agriculture. The young gardeners also deliver excess produce to their local school for the School Lunch Program. Read More…