Federal Grants Help Farmers Produce Fresh Greens in Winter
The cold, dark New Hampshire winter is tough on vegetables, and vegetable growers. Farmers race the frost in the fall and chomp at the bit in the spring waiting for snow to melt. But a federal grant...
View ArticleHow To Eat A Beaver
The Owner of Bad Beaver Farm in Maine offers some tips on the newest craze in locavore eating.
View ArticleMore N.H. Farmers Selling To Schools
Farm-to-School programs are expanding across New Hampshire, according to a new report, but the cost of local food is still a barrier for many schools.Stacey Purslow of New Hampshire Farm-to-School says...
View ArticleClassic Thanksgiving Dishes, Right In Your Backyard
Thanksgiving is all about the food and the traditional feast that includes turkey, potatoes, cranberries and of course, pie. We traveled around the state to hear from some New Hampshire producers of...
View ArticleIs Michael Pollan Sexist?
Wander the aisles of your favorite grocery store and you’re likely to see produce marked as locally grown, meat that is trumpeted as grass fed and hormone-free, and canning kits to help you preserve...
View ArticleBeekeeping In New Hampshire
Hundreds of first-time beekeepers across the state are anxiously awaiting their first shipment of honey bees this week. NHPR’s Ryan Lessard reports on the growing popularity of the hobby and what it...
View ArticleEnd Of Life Planning...For Backyard Chickens
Backyard chicken raising is one of the fastest-growing facets of the local food movement. Cities and towns have been reforming land-use and health policies to accommodate raising chickens…a hobby many...
View ArticleGrowing Pains: What One N.H. Farmer Is Doing To Make Local Food More Profitable
With almost 60 farmers markets across the state, demand for local food is growing. But local farmers still struggle to make a profit growing local food. In fact, about three quarters of all farms in...
View ArticleMonadnock Food Co-op Named Best Start-up
The recently opened Monadnock Food Co-op in Keene has just won a national startup of the year award from the Food Co-op Initiative. The Co-op opened for business April 3 with a Grand opening weekend in...
View ArticleAt Dinner Series, You Meet The Farmers And Eat Their Food, Too
Farm-to-table has become increasingly popular among people looking to eat local.But a dinner series in Nashua takes that concept a step further, by connecting people directly to local farmers and the...
View ArticleArt, Local Food, And Charity Combine At Farmers Market
The Nottingham Farmers Market will be the site of a so-called ‘vegetable mandala' today. Traditionally, mandalas are intricate geometric designs used in Buddhist practice. But in Nottingham, visitors...
View ArticleGrowing Pains: New Hampshire's Local Agriculture
With almost 60 farmers markets across the state, demand for local food is growing. But local farmers still struggle to make a profit growing local food. In fact, about three quarters of all farms in...
View ArticleGetting Corn While We Can
Now is the time for fresh, local corn, and farm stands are doing a brisk business as summer comes to an end.
View ArticleGrowing Pains: Financing N.H.'s Farm Renaissance
Increasing demand for local food has led farmers to seek capital: funds with which to start or grow their businesses. In most industries, an increase in demand from consumers spells profits, so banks...
View ArticleN.H. Gleaners Redistribute Local Food
In the fields, at farmer's markets, in food pantries and schools, gleaners are proving there's plenty of local fruits and vegetables to go around.
View ArticleHow To Shop For A 25 Mile Thanksgiving
Most of our Thanksgiving tables will be filled with turkeys, carrots and cranberries that have traveled from all over the country – and even the world – before making their way to our forks. But at a...
View ArticleCanterbury Passes Looser Farmstand Regulations
Regulations on farmstands in Canterbury will be loosened. Two-thirds of residents voted in favor of the measure on Tuesday.
View ArticleFarm-To-School Programs Boost New Hampshire On The 'Locavore Index'
The 2014 Locavore Index again ranks New Hampshire's local food system as one of the strongest in the country, rating third behind Vermont and Maine.Martin Langeveld of Strolling of the Heifers, the...
View ArticleAt UNH Dairy Bar, Education In The Salad
An on-campus eatery makes sustainability a learning experience.
View ArticleBoscawen Community Kitchen Survey Underway
A New Hampshire college student's proposal for a community kitchen in Boscawen is in line to undergo a USDA-funded feasibility study.A community kitchen would provide farmers and entrepreneurs with...
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