With New Hampshire coming in at a very respectable 13th place, the Strolling of the Heifers announces the development of the Locavore Index: an indicator of how states compare in…
Category: In the Media
The Value of Our Produce
From the upcoming book, Greenhorns: 50 Dispatches from the New Farmers’ Movement: The Value of Our Produce By Ben James Last week at market a customer complained about the price…
What’s in Your Chicken?
We all know the advantages of eating locally farmed meat, nevertheless, it’s still alarming to find just how bad industrial meat can be. Fortunately, the Seacoast offers many alternatives, and local…
Home Gardening: Don’t Just Go Local, Grow Local!
Growing your own is another way of eating locally — for a look at home gardening across the nation, click on infographic for larger image: Source: http://visual.ly/home-gardening
Tovar Ceruli, “The Mindful Carnivore”, March 23
Tovar Cerulli, author of The Mindful Carnivore: A Vegetarian’s Hunt for Sustenance, will be appearing at RiverRun Bookstore for a discussion and book signing on Friday, March 23rd: Tovar Cerulli:…
Funding Reinstated for Strafford County Cooperative Extension
4-H Strafford County will once again have a home! From The Weekly Market Bulletin, via New Hampshire Farms Network: Some good news comes from Strafford County’s budget deliberations. On Saturday…
MPBN to Focus on Suit Against Monsanto
From MOFGA (Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association): Maine Watch To Focus On Organic Seed Growers’ Suit Against Monsanto This Thursday, March 8th, Jim Gerritsen from Wood Prairie Farm in…
The Way Food Should Be
If you missed the Food and Health Forum event with Jim Gerritsen, the Maine farmer who’s challenging Monsanto, Matt Kanner offers a full report. From The Wire: “I think we’re on the…
NH Sugaring Season has Begun
With a warmer than usual winter, local maple producers report that they’ve already begun tapping. From the Union Leader: It’s warm, but maple sugaring season may be OK This year’s mild…
Community Kitchen Fosters Literacy Program
An organization in British Columbia is running an innovative literacy program based on learning how to cook — via Readers to Eaters: Developing literacy and happy stomachs For three years…
Winter Farmers’ Market Offers Local Food and CSA Day
With a focus on local food and CSA Day at the Market, our Winter Farmers’ Market was featured at SeacoastOnline.com. Did you know that one of the earliest CSAs was…
Riverside Farm: Trading Hawaii for Winter Farming
Producing local food year-round takes energy, forethought and commitment. Find out more in Deborah Mcdermott’s article on Dave Tuttle and Riverside Farm. From Seacoastonline: Dave Tuttle’s idea of fun is canceling his annual…