USDA to Launch High Tunnel Pilot Study to Increase Availability of Locally Grown Foods
3-Year Project To Verify Effectiveness Of High Tunnels In Natural Resource Conservation
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16, 2009 – Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan today announced a new pilot project under the ‘Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food’ initiative for farmers to establish high tunnels [...]

December 9th, 2009
As we were polishing off the last of the leftovers from the Thanksgiving feast, I read with interest a New York Times feature on the most searched-for recipes online in the run-up to turkey day. The popular website www.allrecipes.com analyzed the most-used search terms across the country and state-by-state.

At 10:00 am on Tuesday, December 8, 2009, the Milk Producers Emergency Relief Fund Board is holding a public forum on the Keep Local Farms Initiative (www.keeplocalfarms.org). It will be held in Representatives’ Hall of the New Hampshire State House in Concord, NH.
The forum offers a question and answer  opportunity for legislators, farmers, media, local food and land [...]

There are nine Seacoast Eat Local winter markets remaining in the 2009-2010 season ensuring that you can buy food from your local farmers all winter long. All markets are on Saturdays, 10am-2pm. For complete information see [...]