July 12, 2008 by Sara Zoe.

Plan a day in Lee! August 9th  10AM – 4PM

8 farms, even more organizations and activities -

Bluebell Greenhouses Route 155, North River Road
Lee Agriculture Art Show
Velvet Pastures Elk Ranch Wednesday Hill Road
Coppal House Station Route 155, North River Road
Ath-Mor Holsteins
Mariacha sheep shearing
Granite State Dairy Trailer
Burleigh-DeMeritt UNH Organic Dairy Farm  Lee Hook Road
Lee Heritage Commission
Lee Agriculture Commission
Strafford County Farm Bureau
Lunch provided by “Agriculture in the Classroom” Program.
Riverside Stables Riverside Drive
Quigley’s Tree Farm Route 155, Turtle Pond Road
Yankee Teamsters
Misty Meadows Wednesday Hill Road
Pawtuckaway Beekeepers 
Lee Cooperative Farmers Market
Echo Ridge Farm Cartland Road

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What a great way to wrap up (or complete your challenges for!) NH Eat Local Week!

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July 12, 2008 by Sara Zoe.

Brookford Farm’s quark is on the summer menu at Black Trumpet!

“Heirloom Tomato and Cornbread Pizza with herbed Brookford Farm quark”

Quark is a soft German cheese, and it is delicious. You can Brookford Farm quark from the farm in Rollinsford, and at the Exeter Farmers’ Market on Thursday afternoons, 2:15-6pm in Swazey Parkway.

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July 11, 2008 by Sara Zoe.

We’re creating NH Eat Local Week to celebrate all of the local food that is grown and raised in NH. Our farmers have a lot to offer, and what better way to discover more about our state, support our farming community members, encourage food self-reliance, and make a positive impact on our environment than a week of local eating!

NH Eat Local Week will be from August 3-9, 2008 and everyone is welcome to join in!

Visit the NH Eat Local Week website to learn more >

We’re hoping NH residents all over the state take part. Start making your plans now for NH Eat Local Week! Participation is open ended and suited to whatever you would like to do to eat and enjoy NH grown foods. We’ve created a challenge to get you started, but we’re also hoping to hear from chefs, organizers, institutions, and individuals across the state about their plans for NH Eat Local Week.

Questions and comments welcome here or at sarazoe @ seacoasteatlocal . org

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July 8, 2008 by Sara Zoe.

This is the gorgeous chicken I bought from Kellie Brook Farm a couple weeks ago at the Exeter Farmers’ Market [Which occurs in Swazey Parkway on Thursdays from 2:15 - 6pm. They can also be purchased at the Kingston Farmers’ Market on Tuesday afternoons on the Plains in the center of Kingston, and at the farm on rte 33 in Greenland, call ahead if you haven’t been to the farm before.]

So far, I’ve gotten 3.5 meals for two people out of it, and I still have two thighs and a leg to go. The  first night was hot fresh roasted chicken - each of us enjoying our favorite bits alongside roasted potatoes and other vegetables with the pan juices. Following that was chicken quesadillas, and lunch the next day was the best chicken salad, simply chicken, a little mayo, and a little sour cream, salt and pepper. I used the bones and the remaining pan juices from the first night to make a wonderful and quick stock that made some amazing black beans (this is the .5, as the beans needed some other foods to make a meal.) The rest is going to make its way onto a dinner salad of mostly lettuce with some cooked early potatoes, a hard boiled egg or two, and the last of the season’s garlic scapes minced and crisp-fried into a perfect salad topping -

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July 7, 2008 by Sara Zoe.

The strawberry season is dying down, but raspberries are just beginning! Seacoast Harvest has a full list of raspberry sources, both pick-your-own and already picked.

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