Food pantry

The delay in distribution of SNAP benefits this month due to the government shutdown put a spotlight on food insecurity in communities across the country, including the Outer Cape.

Food pantries are feeding more people as the disruption in federal nutrition aid takes hold.

The Nantucket Resource Partnership, which once had a broader human-service mission, is rebranding itself as Nourish Nantucket and focusing on food.

Some local food pantries are seeing a higher level of need, spurred by unemployment during the pandemic.For the last several months, the PACE food pantry…