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  • In these NH communities, you pay for how much trash you send to the landfill

    March 13, 2023 |

    New Hampshire Bulletin |

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    Response Location: United States, Concord, New Hampshire

    Communities across New Hampshire are implementing “pay as you throw” trash-collection systems to reduce the garbage sent to landfills and increase the use of alternative options like recycling. The programs use several different methods like special bags, stickers, or punch cards, but all require some form of payment per collected trash bag.

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  • Nugget the cow: Seaweed-munching bovine chews on solution to methane problem

    August 18, 2022 |

    Providence Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    By feeding cows a seaweed diet, researchers at the University of New Hampshire are testing if the additive can reduce the amount of methane that cows burp, which contribute to climate change. Questions still remain if the seaweed impacts milk, meat, and human health, but trials suggest that the diet can reduce emissions by 20 percent.

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  • From hake to skate: Behind the push to bring 'unknown' fish to New England's dinner table

    July 29, 2021 |

    Providence Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Rhode Island

    After the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted seafood supply chains, several organizations in the New England region took steps to connect fishermen’s catches with the local community. For example, the Rhode Island–based nonprofit, Eating with the Ecosystem, distributed nearly 72,000 pounds of seafood — including lesser-known species like scup, hake, quahogs, and conger eel — with the help of local organizations to multicultural communities. "I think it's really important we become more aware of what's actually in our ecosystem, all these diverse species,” said the nonprofit’s program manager.

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  • Parent burnout was an issue even before the pandemic. Could respite centers be the answer?

    March 31, 2021 |

    Seacoast Online |

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    Response Location: United States, Hampton, New Hampshire

    A respite and resource center in New Hampshire is offering a reprieve to overburdened and stress-riddled parents during the coronavirus pandemic. The Relief Parent Respite and Resource Center has received positive reviews from those who have used the services available, but it can be cost-prohibitive for low-income families.

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  • Child Tax Credit could help slash the country's poverty rate. How have similar programs worked?

    March 24, 2021 |

    Telegram & Gazette |

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    Response Location: United States

    The Child Tax Credit included in the coronavirus relief package provides a guaranteed income for families with children. The merits of guaranteed income have been established in multiple countries as well as local programs in the United States. Results have shown that cash payments allow people to focus on whatever their basic needs are. Poverty rates in places like Alaska have dropped drastically due to cash payments from the government.

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  • Pop-up Library launches virtual book mobile for students

    March 25, 2020 |

    Concord Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

    In Portsmouth, New Hampshire, a library pop-up trailer run by school librarians is shifting the way it offers services to children as a result of the pandemic. For three years prior, the library pop-up trailer allowed children to enter and select books free of charge, but due to health risks, the program is partnering with schools to allow students to use a Google Form to fill out their requests and receive their books in the mail.

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  • Nowhere to Go: Out of jail, recovery housing hard to find

    March 15, 2020 |

    Seacoast Online |

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    Response Location: United States, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

    New Hampshire's Rockinham County gives some people with extensive drug and criminal histories an offramp from the criminal legal system, in the form of housing at Cross Roads House and a drug court to emphasize treatment over punishment. But, while other cities in the state meet such needs with multiple programs, the second-most populous county in the state has a severe shortage of supportive housing and services. Such services can make the difference between prison and success, and even between life and death in a place with high rates of overdose deaths.

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  • Housing authority fills gap, removes barriers with new preschool

    May 12, 2019 |

    Seacoast Online |

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    Response Location: United States, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

    Recognizing the barriers posed by lack of access to adequate transportation, a preschool in Portsmouth opened a second location next to the Housing Authority's Gosling Meadows neighborhood. “If you build it, they will come,” one teacher said. “Well we built it, and they came.”

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  • No crop left behind: NH Gleans harvests for food equity, access

    August 26, 2018 |

    Seacoast Online |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    NH Gleans is group of gleaners in New Hampshire working to ensure food security in their communities. The group gathers food that would otherwise go to waste and distributes it to local food kitchens, schools, and food pantries. In the last five years they have distributed almost half a million pounds of fruits and vegetables in a state where 1 in 10 people is food insecure.

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