South Acworth Village Store Hosts Local Wine & Cheese Event

The South Acworth Village Store presents a Local Wine and Cheese Tasting Event on March 31, 2012, 4-6pm.  Sponsored by Greene & Associates, Integrated Retirement Strategies and Friends of the Store. Tickets are $5 and you must be 21+ to attend.  Tickets limited to 50 and are available at The Village Store. Support your local [...]

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Learn Seed Starting from Tracie Smith of Tracie’s Community Farm

Gardening With Farmer Tracie & Yankee Magazine:

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Farm of the Month: Abenaki Springs Farm

By Jan Sevene, Monadnock Localvore Project Abenaki Springs Farm 188 Upper Walpole Rd. Walpole, NH 603-445-2157 If you think early fall wraps up the season for enjoying locally grown vegetables, think again! Extending the season is a real option. Erin and Bruce Bickford of Abenaki Springs Farm are in their fourth year of offering a [...]

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Storage Tips for Winter Produce

From Jenny Wooster, Picadilly Farm Here are some tips for harvesting and storing produce for the winter, in a typical home without a root cellar.  Things to think about include: variety choice; harvest and post-harvest handling; storage temperature, humidity, and ventilation. To find good places to store food in your house, pick up a max-min [...]

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Burger & Fries, Please (But Make It Local)

By Marcia Passos Duffy, Our Local Table Monadnock Reposted at Monadnock Menus When Jessica Graveline opened Fritz restaurant in 2003 at The Center of Keene, her mind was focused on fries-not local food. But Graveline began to ponder weightier issues-such as preservation of open spaces, the survival of small farms, and the importance of contributing [...]

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Farmers Struggle to Satisfy Appetite for Local Meat

By Elaine Grant, Posted at NHPR As more and more people begin thinking about where their food is coming from, many turn to local sources. The growth of local fruit and vegetable markets bears that out. And it seems to be the case for meat too. Farmers would love to fill the demand for local [...]

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Farm of the Month: Boulder Meadow Farm

By Jan Sevene, Monadnock Localvore Project Boulder Meadow Farm Glenn & Lisa Letendre 254 Rhododendron Road Fitzwilliam, NH 03447 603-585-3461 info@bouldermeadowfarm.com www.bouldermeadowfarm.com Love lamb? Four years ago Lisa and Glenn Letendre moved to Boulder Meadow Farm. A former horse farm, it is now home to llamas, an alpaca, chickens, and pure-bred Wensleydale sheep, raised for [...]

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Antioch University: Building a Garden Community

Case Study 10 Enjoyable green spaces.  This is a topic on the forefront of many minds these days where school gardens are becoming a norm and the concept of edible landscapes is blooming.  At Antioch’s campus in Keene, NH, the lawn is now growing food for the on-site café  and is one of the most [...]

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Winchester School: Greenhouse, Garden, and Groundhog

Case Study 9 Behind the Winchester School, a greenhouse nestles along one of the building’s walls. Inside the structure you’ll find evidence of past gardening projects and the sweet smell of New Hampshire’s summer heat. The vents are open in hopes that plants will soon be growing there. Beside the greenhouse, raised bed gardens are [...]

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Symonds School: Transforming Green Space into Diverse Habitats

Case Study 8 The Symonds School, located just off of Park Avenue in Keene, NH, exemplifies the culmination of dedicated parents, faculty, staff, and students working to beautify the landscape and provide hands-on educational opportunities for all.  A variety of garden beds surround the school grounds, located near entrances, fence lines and within the playground [...]

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