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Dan Barber at Dartmouth

Dan Barber

Dan Barber, Executive Chef and Co-Owner of Blue Hill restaurant in Greenwich Village, is deeply involved in Stone Barns Center, a four-season farm and educational center north of New York City, the source of most of the restaurant’s food. Dan gave an exciting and information-packed talk at Dartmouth on Tuesday: “A Recipe for [...]

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4-H Junior Master Gardener Workshop

If you love kids and gardening and want to meet others who feel the same, this day could be for you. Join UNH Cooperative Extension’s 4-H Junior Master Gardener team on Saturday March 5, for a day long workshop from 9 am – 4 pm at the Massabesic Aububon Center, Auburn, NH to explore the [...]

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Gardening and Seed Starting Workshop

With special guest Henry Homeyer!

Are you new to gardening to want to sharpen your skills with one of our area’s local experts? Be sure to sign up for this fun and informative workshop and learn how you can get the most from your garden this year.

Free Admission: Monday, March 7 at 6:00 PM

Hosted by West [...]

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Eating From the Garden All 12 Months of the Year

Through a collaboration with the Nature Museum at Grafton, Post Oil Solutions is bringing its (Re)learning to Feed Ourselves workshop series to Bellows Falls for the month of February..

We will begin with Eating From the Garden All 12 Months on Sunday, February 6, from 2:00-4:00 PM, at the United Church [...]

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Hartland Garden Club to Host Edible Lanscape Event

The Hartland Garden Club is hosting an event on Sunday February 6,
2011 at 3pm
in Damon Hall. (Located at the intersection of routes 12 and 5,
Hartland 3 Corners)

The general public is welcome.
Current and new members are encouraged to attend for fun and
laughter.
Charlie Nardozzi will be presenting on the topic of Edible Landscape.

Free to Hartland Garden Club [...]

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NOFA-NH Herbal Seedling and Bulk Order Deadlines

NOFA-NH Herbal Network’s
First Live Plant Pre-order

Purchase organic and pesticide free herbal seedlings and potted perennials grown by local and regional farms, most of which are NOFA members. Support local growers!

ORDER DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 5, 2011

- DOWNLOAD form: www.nofanh.org/liveplant

- FILL OUT your order

- SEND IN your order to our [...]

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New Vegetables for 2011

Each year, the best of the new vege-
tables are chosen as winners by the All-
America Selections program after trialing
across North America. They must repre-
sent either a totally new variety, or one
improved in some way over an existing
one. There are three winning vegetables
for 2011, including a pumpkin and two
tomatoes.

‘Hijinks’ pumpkin has small fruits, 6
to 7 pounds [...]

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Nutrient Dense Crops course starts Jan 23

Nutrient Dense Vegetables and other crops

How to Produce Nutrient Dense Crops is a course that should interest anyone who grows food, from farmers to veggie gardeners and backyard fruit growers.

Taught by Dan Kittredge, a second-generation organic farmer, the course will be held at the Mountain School in Vershire, starting Sun, January 23rd.

What are nutrient dense [...]

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Food prices are set to explode, so start your garden now!

Posted on Wednesday, December 8th, 2010 at 3:46 pm by R.J. Ruppenthal at ChelseaGreen

Read the post at
http://chelseagreen.com/blogs/rjruppenthal/2010/12/08/food-prices-are-set-to-explode-so-start-your-garden-now/

Food in Uncertain Times: How to Grow and Store the 5 Crops You Need to Survive

Having food resiliency is as much about learning how to store and use food properly as it is about growing it. The key is learning interdependence not independence.

Makenna Goodman of Chelsea Green Publishing interviews Carol Deppe, author of The Resilient Gardener: Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times. Read the interview by clicking here or [...]

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