Food Resources

With the increased need for food across Mercer County, Trenton Health Team, along with its various partners, has developed an app that will aid in helping those in need of free food resources.

The Mercer County Free Food Finder directory lists meal sites, food pantries, and meal distribution sites serving children, families, seniors, and adults.

Features include:

• A searchable directory of food distribution sites
• Interactive map display
• Filtering on the day of the week, time of day, eligibility requirements, and more
• Embedded Google translates support.
• Events tagging one-time opportunities, such as farm markets and special distributions
• PDF export of food site search for print distribution
• Query URL support for linking directory queries

 If you need help using the app, click on the tutorial below.

Mercer County Free Food Finder Tutorial

Please Note: Mercer Food Free Food Finder information is updated frequently but also is subject to change. If updates are needed, don’t hesitate to contact Matthew Broad mbroad@trentonhealthteam.org.

Too many people face food insecurity, meaning that, at times, they lack the money and other resources to buy enough food for their households. Ensuring everyone has sufficient fresh, healthy, affordable food is a critical and complicated issue. No single measure of food insecurity can help drive local efforts to meet people’s food needs.

Tri-County Food Insecurity Index

Trenton Health Team, with support from the New Jersey Office of the Food Security Advocate, has collaboratively constructed Tri-County Food Insecurity Index to measure the intensity of food insecurity in 3 New Jersey counties (Mercer, Middlesex, and Somerset). The index aims to help organizations make data-driven decisions about how to best meet the community’s food needs.

Mercer County Food Insecurity Index

The Tri-County Food Insecurity Index builds off our 2022 version (the Mercer County Food Insecurity Index), which THT developed to highlight the prevalence of food insecurity throughout Mercer County solely.