New Hampshire Farms

Agriculture Hosts Breakfast Meeting

Helen Brody — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:43:11 +0000

Last Wednesday the department hosted Governor John Lynch and the five members of the Executive Council for a breakfast featuring New Hampshire foods prepared and served by members of the Merrimack County Farm Bureau with help from NH Farm Bureau office staff. Guests enjoyed apples and cider from Carter Hill Orchard, Concord; yogurt from Stonyfield [...]

Cheshire County Commons Farm & Food Hub Proposed

Helen Brody — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:33:39 +0000

Cheshire County New Hampshire is looking to find businesses and organizations that focus on food, farming, or forestry that would be interested in starting or expanding to South West NH. The County is in the preliminary stages of determining if there is interest in the proposed Cheshire County Commons Farm and Food Hub. - If you have [...]

USDA Disaster Help, Plant Marketing Tips, Ag Commissions Meet

Helen Brody — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:14:37 +0000

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced allocations of disaster assistance to help farmers ...

More Local Milk Options

Helen Brody — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:22:09 +0000

The Bartlett Farm, one of Concord’s two working dairy farms, has contracted with a small processor in Maine to pasteurize and bottle some of their herd’s production for sale under their own label. Short on land for any expansion of their herd, the Bartletts—Alan and Dencie and sons Scott and Craig—are expanding their marketing channels [...]

2012 NH Annual Agricultural Literacy Program, March 8th

Helen Brody — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:16:50 +0000

New Hampshire Agriculture in the Classroom (NHAITC ) is gearing up for its annual Agriculture Literacy Program which will be launched on National Agriculture Day, March 8th. Each year volunteers visit New Hampshire elementary schools during the month of March to help children learn about the importance of agriculture. Storybooks with farm related themes are [...]

The Olde Ways at Mustard Seed Farm, Wolfeboro, NH

Helen Brody — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:08:56 +0000

Charles and Dina Farrell are part of a movement giving re-birth to family farming in the most traditional sense. They are building a self-sustaining farm that produces everything necessary to provide for their family of four children and for the customers at their farmstand. Their farm name reflects this renascence of the rural farm family. According [...]