PODCAST: New Hampshire Uncharted -Episode 5- Confronting Hunger in the Granite State
Food insecurity in New Hampshire is rising…again. After the COVID-19 pandemic aid briefly lowered hunger rates, food insecurity has rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, with more than 42,000 Granite State households struggling to afford enough to eat. The effects are far-reaching, ranging from health challenges to educational setbacks for children. A new analysis from the New ...
Hunger organizations warn federal cuts to SNAP funding impose costs ‘New Hampshire simply cannot afford’
Federal changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program could cost New Hampshire an additional $14 million over the course of the next two years.
NH DHHS Announces Availability of Summer EBT
Summer EBT aims to provide access to nutritious food during the summer months, ensuring that eligible children in New Hampshire can continue to access critical nutrition when school is not in session.
NH Farm to School Aims to Build Appetites for Fresher Foods and Local Connections
Robie Farm has raised beef, pork, and poultry in Piermont since 1870. Twelve miles up Route 10, sandwiched between the Connecticut River and the Appalachian Trail, the Haverhill Cooperative Middle School has served lunches to adolescents since 1968.
A New Era of Hunger Has Begun
Parts of Easthampton, an old mill town in western Massachusetts, look like relics of industrial New England — the old workers’ rowhouses, for instance. In other parts, it seems like a place in renaissance, with converted factory buildings spruced up and reinhabited by art galleries, restaurants, shops.
Congress passed Trump’s massive ‘big beautiful bill.’ Here’s how New Hampshire will feel it.
IWhen Michelle Lawrence heard about the Medicaid cuts included in the Republican tax and spending bill signed into law on July 4, it felt like “a punch to the gut.”
“I laugh, because if I don’t laugh, I cry,” she said.
Lawrence, who lives in Henniker, was diagnosed with a chronic form of cancer called T-cell lymphocytic leukemia 16 years ago. She said she lost her job about five years ago because the cancer was making it too difficult for her to work. And in losing her job, she lost her health insurance because she couldn’t afford COBRA coverage or anything on the marketplace.
“So I applied for Medicaid, which has been a major lifeline for me,” she continued. “That has enabled me and a lot of other cancer patients like me to be able to access the treatment needed in the past few years. I’m here. I’m alive and a contributing member of society. … Without Medicaid, I wouldn’t be able to afford my treatments or go to the doctor.”