Cornucopia Food Pantry

A program of The Waysmeet Center offering fresh, frozen and shelf-stable food.

Open to all, no income or residency requirements.

Shelf with canned soup, boxed mashed potatoes, chicken broth, and other canned goods, jars of pasta sauce, and grocery items in bags.
Fresh vegetables and herbs in a cardboard box, including tomatoes, cucumbers, green beans, chives, parsley, and thyme, on a garden bed.
Two women standing together smiling in front of a refrigerator at a food pantry, holding a basket of chili peppers.

  • Mondays 1-4pm

    Tuesdays 3-6pm

  • View our Volunteer page

  • Food pantry donations can be dropped off Monday through Friday 9am-3pm.

    Garden surplus and fresh produce is much appreciated. Please bring these by on Monday or Tuesday 8am-4pm.

    To donate other perishable and frozen foods, contact us ahead of time and we'll make sure we're here.

    foodpantry@waysmeetcenter.org, 603-868-1216

PARKING: When visiting Waysmeet and Cornucopia Food Pantry, please park across the street at UNH's Campus Crossing Lot. This lot is metered and open to the public (https://www.unh.edu/transportation/parking/visitor-metered-parking). If you need a waiver for free parking, please check in with Waysmeet staff or volunteers for a pass.

Two people are standing inside Cornucopia Food Pantry, holding a large white sign with blue handwritten text that says 'Thank You!'.
A garden with green plants and plastic tunnel covers, a sign reading 'The Waysmeet Center,' a small shed, and a sunny sky with clouds.

Waysmeet Welcomes

At Waysmeet, all are welcome. Our food pantry serves individuals and families from Durham, the Seacoast area, and UNH, including many who are new to the U.S., working and studying here. We are fortunate to have a culturally diverse community. To better meet the needs of our neighbors, we're working to understand which familiar foods they would like to see in Cornucopia.

The items listed below are rarely available from the NH Food Bank and local grocery store donations, and we'd greatly appreciate donations and food drives that include these foods.

If you have more to add to our international foods wish list, please contact us!

Curious to learn more about UNH’s international student population? Data can be found here.

Commonly requested foods:

  • Spicy peppers

  • Cassava root and cassava flour

  • Dried crayfish

  • Maggi seasoning sauce

  • Garri

  • Fresh yams

  • Kale

  • Plantains

  • Palm oil, cooking oil

  • Sardines, salmon

  • White rice

  • Chicken

African supermarket

Nigeria and Ghana

This region includes Bangladesh, India, & Nepal

  • Turmeric, Coriander, Fenugreek, Mustard seed, Asafoetida, Jimbu

  • Fresh mint

  • Spicy peppers

  • Dried chili peppers

  • Eggplant

  • Sesame seeds

  • Ginger root

  • Halal chicken, lamb & beef

  • Fish

  • Basmati rice

  • Indian supermarket

Indian Subcontinent

The Caribbean, Central and South America

Includes Haiti & the Dominican Republic

  • Cooking oil, olive oil

  • Spicy peppers

  • Beans & peas

  • Fresh garlic

  • Fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, snap peas, and leeks

  • P.A.N. or Maseca corn flour

  • Wheat flour

  • Cassava root and cassava flour

  • White rice


    Latin American grocery