A proposal to deregulate New Hampshire’s meat market could defy federal food safety laws and carry risks for farmers and consumers, lawmakers acknowledge. But members of the House Environment and Agriculture Committee voted to support it anyway, saying those risks are acceptable if the move helps alleviate a statewide slaughterhouse bottleneck taking a toll on […]

The familiar velvet-brown wings of the mourning cloak butterfly, rimmed with sunny yellow edges and bright blue spots, were a sight that once marked the onset of mud season in New Hampshire. In recent years, though, the butterfly — which typically emerges from hibernation before the last patches of snow have receded — has become […]

Maria Khan spent much of this year terrified as she watched Congress debate whether to cut funding for federal food assistance and other programs she relies on. “It severely affected my mental health,” she said. “I was getting really bad. I had to get off social media. I’ve had to stop looking into it because […]

Over the course of a summer as hot and dry as this one, without intervention, New Hampshire’s apple crop might drop right off their branches before eager apple pickers could reach them. But as summer turns to fall and drought conditions wear on across much of the state, New Hampshire farmers aren’t letting their crops […]