CONCORD — Some people on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program may find their food benefits this Thanksgiving are at risk due to a new federal work requirement law.

View this recording of the Kearsarge Food Hub's 5th Annual "Love Local” event. Featuring: Laura Milliken, Executive Director of NH Hunger Solutions Nicole Cardwell, Director of NH Food Alliance Nikki Kolb, Director of NOFA-NH France Hahn, Executive Director of the Kearsarge Food Hub.

As the federal government shutdown stretches into a record-breaking seventh week, across the country 42 million Americans whose food assistance benefits expired on November 1 are scrambling to put food on the table.

CONCORD — State advocates fear the current food pantry system is stressed now and may be overrun if food stamp benefits end due to the government shutdown.

The Department of Health and Human Services announced its plans Thursday to partner with the New Hampshire Food Bank to make up for the delayed federal funds.

Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it was cutting its annual survey tracking hunger across the US.

Economic fallout from changes to federal program will hit farmers and grocers as well as families in the program

NHHS’ Laura Milliken’s quote is featured in this Facebook reel by Congressman Chris Pappas…

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 ...

Federal changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program could cost New Hampshire an additional $14 million over the course of the next two years.

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.

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. 

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.

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.”