Food Security & Access

Washington, April 18, 2023 - The Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service is announcing a series of grant opportunities funded by the Am... Learn More

New Hampshire lawmakers are considering expanding the free and reduced-price meal program in public schools to allow families with higher incomes to p... Learn More

For families making up to 185 percent of the federal poverty level, New Hampshire public schools offer free or reduced-price lunches, a federal progra... Learn More

Food insecurity among college and university students is pervasive, affecting nearly half of all students and impeding their ability to succeed and th... Learn More

As of February, more than 482,000 Granite State residents lived in households that reported food insecurity, according to tracking by New Hampshire Hu... Learn More

In Cheshire County, 9.5 percent of all residents, and 12.7 percent of children, were food insecure in 2019, according to the most recent data from Fee... Learn More

In collaboration with UNH Extension, CCFAN received a grant to conduct a needs assessment research study to learn more about access to food, including... Learn More

According to a new study published in The Journal of American Medical Association Network Open, school garden-based interventions can improve blood su... Learn More

That extra aid for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ends this month for the state’s nearly 72,600 food stamp recipients, as they continue... Learn More

A study published by researchers at multiple universities found that community gardens and urban farms positively affect biodiversity, local ecosystem... Learn More