Spring Ledge Farm, New London, NH

Spring Ledge Farm, New London, NH
 Most of New Hampshire’s farms are located amongst hills and woodlands. Not so Spring Ledge Farm in New London, NH. This beautifully laid out farm is one of a very …

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NH Farmers’ Market 2013: Find a Farmers’ Market Near You
May 26, 2013

NH Farmers’ Market 2013: Find a Farmers’ Market Near You

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Bo-Riggs Cattle Company, Westmoreland, NH
May 25, 2013
Bo-Riggs Cattle Company, Westmoreland, NH

Bo-Riggs Cattle Company, although relatively new as NH farms go, is steeped in family tradition with Tiffany and Dana Briggs coming from farm families. Dana grew up on a 3rd generation dairy farm in Deerfield, New Hampshire. Tiffany grew up raising beef cattle through the 4-H program
in Sullivan, NH.In the fall of 2006 they moved back to Sullivan in Southwestern New Hampshire and began growing and selling Black Angus meat direct to the public, under the name of Bo-Riggs Cattle Company, a combination of Tiffany’s maiden name of Bolles and her married name of Briggs.

The Haynes Homestead, Colebrook, NH
May 20, 2013
The Haynes Homestead, Colebrook, NH

Tucked away among the grim stories that attended the wrenching 1920s Depression, were occasional nuggets of hope and even some happy times. Consider, for instance, the purchase of a bankrupt farm by the father and mother of Haven Haynes in Colebrook, New Hampshire.

Autumn Harvest Farm, Grafton, NH
April 22, 2013
Autumn Harvest Farm, Grafton, NH

“To be successful as a farmer, you must earn a living year around,” says Suzanne LeBlanc, describing a Herculean 15 year effort to restore rocky farmland to productivity. “I know it is difficult to do in New Hampshire, but I know it can happen.”

Cutting Farm, West Springfield, NH
April 17, 2013
Cutting Farm, West Springfield, NH

There are indeed chickens strutting about Cutting Farm on Sanborn Hill Road, and no shortage of vegetables growing in neatly tended rows, and beef cattle graze placidly in its pastures, much like countless other New Hampshire farms. But what gives Cutting Farm its defining signature are the honey bees and their delicious harvest gathered lovingly by Keith and Susan Cutting.