As the new State Coordinator for New Hampshire Agriculture in the Classroom, I’d like to introduce myself and share a few thoughts about why I was interested in taking on this opportunity.
My interest in agriculture started in my youth when I helped my grandfather with his horses, Christmas tree farm and large [...]
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High quality production video documenting the practical applications of Permaculture currently utilized at D Acres Organic Permaculture Farm & SustainAbility Center in Dorchester NH. Shot over the course of four seasons, renewable energy, food preservation, animal husbandry, forest gardening, no-till agricuture, compost toilets, root cellars and greenhouses are highlighted. [...]
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Mycorrhizae often enhances crop plant growth and yield, and have been credited with increasing a plant’s disease resistance, improving a plant’s ability to grow under drought conditions, and improving soil structure. Get the complete what, when, where and why of producing your own mycorrhizae inoculum easily and inexpensively on-farm.
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New Hampshire Farms Network has added a profile of Two Mountains Farm in Andover, NH to its website. To learn more about the farm, run by Mary Anne Broshek and Kat Darling, click here or paste the link below into your internet browser window.
http://www.newhampshirefarms.net/farm-women/two-mountain-farm-andover-nh.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NewHampshireFarms+%28New+Hampshire+Farms+Network%29
Commissioner Lorraine Merrill has
announced the appointment of Piera
Siegert as the new State Entomologist and
director of the Division of Plant Industry.
Siegert holds a bachelor’s degree in biol-
ogy from Hood College and a master’s in
entomology from Michigan State Univer-
sity. She brings more than a dozen years
of experience in managing applied re-
search for the Insect Behavior and Physi-
ology [...]
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Please watch this 5 minute preview of this project to link unemployed vets with farmers that need workers.
“http://player.vimeo.com/video/14690121?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0 “
Pies for People, Soup for Supper
Pies for People, Soup for Supper – Bringing awareness to hunger, one pie at a time.
The squash is harvested, pureed and frozen, the volunteers are signed up and the recipes have been double checked. All that’s left is to bake the pies, cook the soup and deliver the food.
With just a week before our first [...]
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