The New Hampshire Farm Museum consists of two adjoining farmstead properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located on Plummer’s Ridge in Milton, New Hampshire. Two acres of the 50 acre property is being farmed. The remainder of the land consists of fields, woodlands, and buildings. Two historic houses, barns, blacksmith, shoe [...]
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A new event as part of NH Eat Local Month this year is the Passport to Local Farms Weekend, August 28-29. Passport to Local Farms is a statewide open house on almost 60 participating farms. The event is interactive and invites visitors to obtain an official “passport” to collect stamps at each farm they visit during [...]
Outside of the town of Colebrook, sits the 315 acres of New Earth Organic Farm. A developing eco-village related to the Canadian based “Cité Écologique” eco-village ( www.cite-ecologique.com), the land supports 35 people who, in 2004, moved from Florida to Colebrook NH, and by revitalizing the land in an environmentally enlightened way, have dedicated themselves [...]
From Your Commissioner . . .
Farmers and food processors are keenly aware of their responsibilities in producing clean, safe, healthy food. Most would condemn actions such as those of the peanut butter company in Georgia that hid its plant’s known salmonella problem, resulting in over 500 reported illnesses and eight deaths. The company, we learned, [...]
From Tracie’s Community Farm, LLC
Fitzwilliam, NH
www.traciesfarm.com
Spicy Peanut Sauce:
Combine 1/2 cup natural peanut butter and 2 Tbsp hot black tea (or boiling water) and stir until smooth. Stir in 1 Tbsp soy sauce, 1 Tbsp lime juice, 1 tsp brown sugar, 1 clove minced garlic and 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper.
Lemon-Garlic Dressing:
Whisk 2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, [...]
The New Hampshire Farms Network (www.newhampshirefarms.net ) is an all volunteer operation spotlighting only New Hampshire working farms. As the site has grown, one person visiting the farms, writing the profiles, getting the photos, along with the other site requirement is proving impossible.
We are in search of writers and researchers looking for exposure and interested in covering the [...]
In New Hampshire: From Farm to Kitchen, Helen Brody profiles 30 of the Granite State’s most important working farms. Quick and easy recipes using the farm’s raw ingredients make the direct and often overlooked connection between the farmer who grows the food and the cook who prepares it.
