What’s Farm Typology?
Typology is the study or systematic classification of types that have common characteristics. The USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) recently updated its farm typology for the first time in 15…
Commissioner, author at New Hampshire Farms Network
Regulations and Local Foods
The first-ever New England Meat Conference held at the Grappone Center in Concord a month ago roped in a sell-out crowd of more than 250. Optimism and enthusiasm seemed to reign throughout the…
Granges Nurture Hometown Roots
April is National Grange Month, and the Grange revival continues in communities around New Hampshire as people seek to reconnect with their rural roots. The Peterborough Grange celebrates its fifth…
North Country Farmers Cooperate to Build Markets
A crowd of 150 people gathered Sunday at the Mountain View Grand in Whitefield to celebrate the incorporation of the North Country Farmers Cooperative, Inc. Farmers, bakers, market and restaurant…
NH IPM Project Goes National, and Access to Land
George Hamilton, UNH Cooperative Extension Food and Agriculture Field Specialist based in Hillsborough County, recently returned from the Pesticide Stewardship Alliance meeting in Mobile, Alabama.
Get Those Ag Census Forms Completed
It’s not too late to mail in those Ag Census forms or get them completed online. That’s the word from New England National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Director Gary Keough. The 2012 Census…
Nemo Dampens Farm & Forest
NH Ag in the Classroom at this year’s NH Farm and Forest Expo The Farm & Forest Expo’s recent string of good weather luck ran out this year, with the blizzard named Nemo holding down attendance on…
To Market, To Market
More New Hampshire schools are buying more food from local farms. The New Hampshire Farm to School Program ( www.nhfarmtoschool.org ) reports the number of farmers selling produce and products to…