Posts Tagged ‘local food’

August is New Hampshire Eat Local Month

It's approaching harvest time for a great variety of fruits and vegetables across the state. With that in mind, Governor John Lynch declared August New Hampshire Eat Local Month. Activities are scheduled throughout the month to enjoy the bounty of the state's farms and gardens.

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Working on the Farm…

This morning, I moved a dozen trays of seedlings off of the heating pad where they spend the night, and out into the sun, before I weeded between a hundred or so rows of lettuce, rolled up the sides of the high tunnel (a greenhouse heated solely by sunlight) to keep the tomato and pepper plants from...

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Community Gardening in NH

If any of you Granite Staters have been out and about in New Hampshire during the last few weeks, you would be hard pressed not to notice that garden season is well upon us—assuming that your allergies have not already indicated as much. One particular type of gardening that is rapidly gaining traction for its environmentally sound...

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Mmmmm, Fresh Eats…

There's nothing more fresh, and delicious, than food straight from the farm. New Hampshire's Farmers' Markets make that farm connection to the best in locally produced food easier than ever.

A few markets operate year-round, bringing a variety winter produce and other local goodies, even though it's cold out. And once summer rolls around, you'll be able to...

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