Nutrition

Grab and Go Meals

Grab and Go meals continue daily from 11-11:45 am, 29 Sugarloaf St., S Deerfield. Place your order 2 days in advance by calling Cathy at 413.665.5063. Unable to pick up your order? Please call 413.665.5063.

For lunch reservations call before 10:00 am two days prior. For more information about the menu you can call 413.773.5555 or email info@lifepathma.org. Dining Centers welcomes those who are 60 years and above with their spouses of any age. A donation of $3.00 per meal is suggested.

Food Access and Local Food Pantries

One topic that’s always an area of focus with our community partners is food access and making sure our members here at the South County Senior Center don’t have to choose between paying bills or the rising cost of groceries. Besides our monthly Food Truck Day during the second Wednesday of the month at parish hall starting at 11 a.m., there’s a variety of local food banks and food pantries to support you and your family.
Franklin County Community Meals Program & Montague Senior Center, 62 5th St., Turners Falls, MA. 3rd Wednesday from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.

  • Veterans’ Food Bank, Edward P. Boland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Building 22 (The Cottage), Leeds, MA. 3rd Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
  • Center for Self-Reliance Food Pantry, 156 Main St., Greenfield, MA. Monday, Thursday, and Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  • Stone Soup Café, pay-what-you-can hot luncheon, 399 Main St., Greenfield, MA. Every Saturday from 12 to 1:30 p.m.

SNAP and the Healthy Incentives Plan

SNAP clients receive $1 back on their EBT card for each dollar spent on Healthy Incentives Program (HIP) eligible food items for a monthly limit of about $40. HIP retailers include farmers markets, farm stands, mobile markets, and community supported agriculture (CSA) farm share programs. Local SNAP & HIP authorized retailers include:

  • Red Fire Farm, 485 Federal St., Montague, MA. HIP CSA Program
  • Mycoterra Farm, 75 Stillwater Rd., Deerfield, MA. HIP Farm Stand
  • Atlas Farm Store, 218 Greenfield Rd., Deerfield, MA. HIP Farm Stand
  • Clarkdale Fruit Farms, 303 Upper Rd., Deerfield, MA. HIP Farm Stand
  • Simple Gifts Farm, 1089 N. Pleasant St., Amherst, MA. HIP Farm Stand/ CSA
  • Natural Roots, 888 Shelburne Falls Rd., Conway, MA. HIP Farm Stand
  • Hart Farm, 585 S. Shirkshire Rd., Conway, MA. HIP Farm Stand
  • Crimson & Clover Farm, 215 Spring St., Northampton, MA. HIP Farm Stand
  • Just Roots, 34 Glenbrook Drive, Greenfield, MA. HIP Farm Stand
  • Upinngil, 411 Main Rd., Gill, MA. HIP Farm Stand