Gather, a Portsmouth-based food pantry, is bringing its fresh food bus, nicknamed “Gus the Bus,” to Lamprey Health Care’s community health center in Newmarket. The bus will be at the facility’s parking lot — 207 South Main Street in Newmarket — every other Thursday from 11:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. starting Oct. 15. The bus […]

New Hampshire families are struggling to put food on the table and the problem is only getting worse, according to a new report from Feeding America and a group of local charity leaders who gathered to discuss the issue in Rochester this week. Feeding America, a national nonprofit, reported that food insecurity in New Hampshire […]

Child food insecurity in New Hampshire grew by more than 6% from 36,160 children in 2023 to 38,430 in 2024, the national nonprofit Feeding America found in its annual “Map the Meal Gap” report and data collection. That means 15.5%, or roughly 1 in 6, Granite State children were food insecure in 2024. Because of […]