Permanent protection of farms and farmland with agricultural conservation easements is critical to the future of food and farms in our state, and of farming families. A conservation easement that is…
Two major corporations based in the Seacoast region have teamed up with a local farm CSA to offer memberships at their worksites. Timberland–the global outdoor-lifestyle brand, and premium Swiss…
The NH Supreme Court case and subsequent legislation on the definition of agritourism has spawned a lot of interest in agritourism and how farmers are using it to diversify and enhance their…
When I visited Common Earth Farms in Bedford recently, 16 Bedford High School students were following the instructions of refugee Bhutanese farmers to clear brush from a field, and roll out plastic…
A century ago New Hampshire experienced an especially fertile period in the development of agriculture and the institutions that continue to support it today. We can trace the rapid growth of the…
The 2014 Farm Bill included a program called Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive (FINI) which is delivering two-way benefits at a growing number of farmers markets here in New Hampshire. FINI helps…
Bruce Bascom of Bascom Maple Farms , Inc., in Alstead says the early start to this year’s sap run caught a lot of maple producers “with their buckets down.” Last Thursday (2/25) Bascom reported their…
Walking into the first-ever Farm to Retail Collaborative Matchmaking event last Thursday was like walking into a humming beehive. The large room at the Amoskeag Beverages warehouse in Bow was lined…