Seacoast Eat Local would like to give a HUGE THANK YOU to Heron Pond Farm for donating almost one ton of potatoes to area food pantries, and to the…
Category: 5 Food Access
Food for the Furloughed at the Portsmouth Farmers’ Market, Oct 5
Earlier this week at the Exeter market, lots of farmers and food producers decided to offer free food to furloughed government employees. The success of Thursday has inspired the market…
Community Food Guide
The Food Education Network (FEN), a fantastic group of individuals working to ensure that people of all income levels have the education resources they need to have locally grown, healthy…
Reading Roundup
There’s been a lot of articles too good not to share in recent weeks: Let’s Ask Marion Nestle: Who’s Got The Power to End Hunger in America?, Civil Eats “I’ve…
Infographic: Food Insecurity Highest for Single Mother Households
In 2011, 14.9 percent of all U.S. households were food insecure, meaning that they had difficulty at some time during the year providing enough food for all their members due…
Seacoast Eat Local’s “Fresh Idea”
Thanks to the Portsmouth Herald for the very nice mention of Seacoast Eat Local’s SNAP/EBT program in Tuesday’s Editorial! From Seacoastonline.com: Fresh idea better than food-aid crackdown It’s hard to…
Help Increase Local Food Access and Combat Hunger this Summer!
Seacoast Eat Local’s SNAP/EBT Farmers’ Market Program! Needs YOU! Help increase access to local fresh healthy food for low-income individuals and families, and volunteer! Seacoast Eat Local is pleased to announce…
Empty Pantry: The State of Food Insecurity
Millions of American households are “food insecure” and don’t have reliable access to food. An excerpt of an infographic from Good: Click onfor full graphic.
Plant a Row to Help the Hungry in Maine
From the Journal Tribune: Gardeners can plant a row to help the hungry With warmer weather sticking around and local green thumbs readying to plant their gardens, The University of Maine…
Portraits of Hunger: Stories of Americans on Food Stamps
If you’ve visited our Winter Farmers’ Market this season, you may have noticed that we now offer the ability to purchase fresh food from the market with food stamps, also…
The American Way of Eating
“Food is one of the only base human needs where the American government lets the private market dictate its delivery to our communities,” writes Tracie McMillan in her new book,…
Winter Farmers’ Market Increases Access to Fresh, Local Food
As you may have noticed on visits to our Winter Farmers’ Market, participating vendors are now able to accept SNAP, also known as food stamps. By Matt Kanner at The Wire:…