June 18, 2009 by Sara Zoe.

Another of the new farmers’ markets this year is North Berwick. The 236diner.com had this list of vendors and their goods listed - looks like it is going to be a fantastic market!:

Fridays 3-6pm Rain or Shine!
through October 2009
North Berwick Town Hall Parking Lot

Buy from these local food growers and producers, including several from South Berwick:

Berry Best Farm, Lebanon, Me: fresh picked fruit and jams
Borealis Breads, Wells, Me: whole grain breads, pastries, cookies
Buddha’s Burning Buns, S. Berwick, Me: cookies, granola and dry mixes
Catch a Piece of Maine, Portland, Me: lobster rolls, salad and cooked lobster meat
Cricket Corner Soapworks, NH, herbal soaps and salves
Dan’s Delectable Bee Barf, S. Berwick, Me: honey and fruit
Farmfield Greenhouses, Lebanon, Me: annuals, perennials and hanging baskets
Juniper Ledge Farm, S. Berwick, Me: organic veggies, herbs and some pastries
Kelly Orchards, Acton, Me: apples, cider, peaches, berries, fall squashes and pumpkins
Little Cottage Baking Co., Sanford, Me: fudge, peanut brittle, and sweets
Outlaw Farm, Rochester, NH: free-range Hereford beef
Spiller Farm, Wells, Me: wide variety of veggies and fruits
The Coop Co-op, N. Berwick, Me: free-range eggs
Tic-Toc Farm, N. Berwick, Me: variety of veggies, fruits and flowers
Zach’s Farm, York, Me: sweet corn, melons, veggies, and flowers

Driving directions >

Other Friday farmers’ markets are the Deerfield Farmers’ Market and Rochester Four Corners Farmers’ Market 

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June 16, 2009 by Sara Zoe.

The farmers’ of Barrington have organized another really wonderful and exciting farm tour day for June 28 - featuring some different farms than last year, including a place that grows mushrooms!

Download and print a brochure and map: Barrington Farm Tour Day (.pdf)

Participating Farms 2009
#1 Warren Farm
30 Warren Road, 868-2001
Offering fresh picked vegetables in season and “pick your own“ vegetables, berries and flowers.  We have fresh picked strawberries June thru October and handmade herbal soaps year round. Cut Your Own Christmas trees and handmade wreaths Nov -Dec. Tour the farm and eat strawberry deserts for a small fee. Common sense, sustainable farm practices.
website at www.warrenfarmnh.com 

#2 Sallie’s Fen Alpacas
97 Swain Road (come from route9)
Tour our alpaca farm. Meet our award winning livestock and cute crias (baby alpacas).  We have been raising these beautiful relatives of the camel for show and for their luxurious fiber here in Barrington since 1995.  Learn about alpacas, watch a hand spinning demo.  Available for purchase we have yarn grown and spun
on the farm in a wide variety of natural undyed colors, as well as our hand painted options. We also have hand made scarves and hats made with our fiber, and New England made socks.
(603)664-2916.   www.sfalpacas.com

#3 Yellow House Farm
541 Route 202
We specialize in foundational breeds of heritage chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys for the production of meat and eggs.  Gradually we are developing a permaculture model to complement our breed preservation and hatchery efforts.  We also cultivate many heirloom vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers, combining beauty and production. At Yellow House Farm we are developing a curricula of classes and seminars for our friends and neighbors to promote our collective efforts to create a more beautiful and sustainable local culture of awareness.  Come and Enjoy!!
www.yellowhousefarmnh.com

#4 Nippo Brook Farm
628 Mount Misery Road
Growing fresh vegetables in season. Come tour our beautiful vegetable fields and check out the fleet of antique tractors and equipment.  Ask the farmer tips and tricks for growing your own food!  Visit with our newly  hatched chicks and learn about an heritage chicken breed ~ the Chantecler.  Homemade cookies and baked goods will also be available to snack on while you visit! We look forward to seeing you!!
Abe & Jessica

#5 Castle Anam Cara “The Castle”
20 Hansonville Rd.
The noted medieval living history residence of David O’Connor (Lord Duncan) and Loretta  Salazar (Lady Espringale).  In addition to stepping back in time 1000 years, you will see how committed David and Loretta are to solar, organic, self responsible and sustainable living: from organic food production and food preservation to organic mushroom growing, heating and cooking with wood and solar furnaces to irrigation with collected rain water. David is also the well known “Dr. Tomato” and partner in HEALTHY HOME HARVEST LLC - known for their organically grown vegetable and flower plants grown in their
self built, fully insulated, petroleum AND biofuel free green house! Come see how you and your family can begin to move in a more self-reliant direction. Please note you must sign a liability waiver to tour the grounds and Castle. (500 ft. from Greenhill Rd. intersection)
www.castleanamcara.com

#6 Profile Alpacas
345 Dry Hill Road
Enjoy the day while taking a tour of our farm and viewing our Alpacas.  Lear how their fiber is spun into yarn and what you can do with just the loose Alpaca fiber.  See examples in our new farm store.  Be sure to ask questions about how this fine fiber is so warm on those cold New England winter days!

#7 Lasting Legacy Farm
148 Second Crown Point Road
Come and enjoy this family farm that has been in existence since the late 1700’s. Raising farm animals as it once did for it’s family and neighbors we  are always learning about farming an environmental friendly way, allowing the animals to do what they naturally do using their individual assets to work with mother nature at her best.  Come and enjoy other aspects of agriculture here at Lasting Legacy.  Taste the bounty of flavor in our
burger raised on our farm while you have lunch with us!!

#8 Young Road Peaches
Young Road
Growing fresh Peaches in season. The Peaches are still growing but come tour our beautiful orchards and see all of the care that goes into a peach tree to get the best tasting fruit that a local farm can provide.

#9 Ramsbotham’s
Riverview Farm
54 Nute Road Madbury/Barrington
A 3 generation farm which practices sustainable and IPM agriculture methods. The main crops are greenhouse and field grown cut flowers which are sold at local Farmers  Markets.  We also grow plants and vegetables, pastured heritage poultry and pigs. Need walking shoes.
One Mile East on Province Road from Route 125
www.riverviewfarm.com  603-742-0787

Download and print a brochure and map: Barrington Farm Tour Day (.pdf)

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June 15, 2009 by Sara Zoe.

Another new area Farmers’ Market, the Newmarket Farmers’ Market, will begin Saturday June 20 in the parking lot of the Stone Church.

Saturdays 9–1, June 20 to October 10

Stone Church Meeting House parking lot, 5–7 Granite Street, Newmarket, NH
more info: (603) 659-5900, newmarketfarmersmarket@gmail.com

Featuring:

Tuckaway Farm

New Roots Farm

Hollister Family Farm

Folsom’s Sugarhouse

Hickory Nut Farm

Natural Gatherings

Griffin Hill Farm

Larson Family Farm

Sweet Revenge

Greenleaf Farm

Agape Homestead Farm

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June 14, 2009 by Sara Zoe.

The Wisdom of Small Farms and Local Food: Aldo Leopold’s Land Ethic and Sustainable Agriculture (Book Title)
“It is not meant for all of us to farm. But it is meant for all of us to eat. And we all have a right to nutritious food to keep us ‘healthy, wealthy and wise.’ To the greatest extent possible, this means local food.” — John E. Carroll

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June 14, 2009 by Sara Zoe.

I just received the June email newsletter from the New Entry Sustainable Farming Project, based in nearby Lowell, and had to share some of the really amazing opportunities they are putting together:

this is just a piece of this great newsletter — sign up to receive it yourself >

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June 8, 2009 by Sara Zoe.

from the Seacoast Growers’ Association:

PORTSMOUTH FARMERS’ MARKET OPEN MARKET SQUARE DAY

The Portsmouth Farmers’ Market will be open this Saturday, June 13, on Market Square Day. It’s just a short walk from the annual downtown event to the farmers’ market, held rain or shine every Saturday in the parking lot of City Hall, 1 Junkins Ave., just across from the South Mill Ponds. 

The Portsmouth Farmers’ Market is a true agricultural event, with over 30 farmers selling everything from fresh produce and dairy products and a variety of meats to seasonal flowers and hardy plants for your own garden. A number of vendors prepare meals to order for breakfast and lunch, and visitors can also take home a bounty of baked goods, beverages (including wine and honey mead), gourmet sauces and jams, and frozen meals.   Hand-made bodycare products and fine crafts such as pottery, jewelry, and photography are also on display.

The ever-popular Market Square Day 10-K Road Race will pass near the farmers’ market in its route down South Street.  Between roughly 9:15-9:45 a.m., traffic may be interrupted at the corner of Junkins and South streets as police officers let runners pass, but access to and from the markets will remain open at all times from Parrott and Pleasant streets and Lincoln Avenue.

The Portsmouth Farmers’ Market is coordinated by Seacoast Growers’ Association, which also puts on five additional markets throughout the week: Mondays in Durham (2:15—5:30); Tuesdays in Hampton (3:00—6:00) and Kingston (2:15—5:30), Wednesdays in Dover (2:15—6:00), and Thursdays in Exeter (2:15—6:00). All SGA farmers’ markets offer the SGA Guarantee: 100 percent of the products sold are grown or made locally by our own vendors. 

For more information about farmers’ markets, including maps to all six SGA locations, visit www.seacoastgrowers.org.

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June 5, 2009 by Jeff.

For farmers trying to enter into farming as a full-time profession affordable farmland is hard to come by.  Many landowners and older farmers have land that they wish was being put to good use as fields for growing vegetables or pasturing livestock.  Organizations around the country have established LandLinks to help put these two groups together.  LandLinks serve as a database of farmers looking for land to lease or buy and landowners who would like to sell or lease their farmland.  Both farmers and landowners are often open to a variety of mutually beneficial arrangements.

New England LandLink exists to serve just such a purpose. NE LandLink is hosted by the New England Small Farm Institute in Massachusetts and lists farms in New England and New York that are in search of farmers.

Farmers can join LandLink for $10 and will receive contact information for farms that interest them as well as updates on new properties.

NH Farm Link was formed on June 21, 2000 and has now joined NE LandLink to connect more New Hampshire farmers and landowners.

For more information, contact John C. Porter, UNH Cooperative Extension Dairy Specialist/Professor, Emeritus at john.porter@unh.edu.

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June 4, 2009 by Jeff.

On Saturday, June 13 from Green Start, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing the use and availability of biodiesel, is hosting a workshop entitled “Putting Oilseeds & Grains into your Rotation: Organic No-till and Cover Cropping“.

The  workshop starts at 9:00 AM at Burton Hall on UNH’s Durham campus. The event will feature speakers from the Rodale Institute, the US National Resource Conservation Service and Cooperative Extension agents from UNH and U Maine.

Following the morning workshops there will be farm tours and a display and demonstration of no-till equipment.

To download the registration form, click here.

On Friday, June 12 Green Start will also be hosting a workshop on carbon sequestration and cover-cropping.  “Farming for Carbon in New England - Food and Fuel Policy and Application” is also being held at Burton Hall at UNH.

To download the registration form, click here.

For more information about either of these workshops please visit www.greenstartnh.org or call Barclay Jackson at 603-498-8252 or Suzanne Hebert at 603-862-3200.

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June 2, 2009 by Sara Zoe.

One thing really stands out to me in this update from the new Rye Farmers’ Market:

The Rye Farmers Market will open on June 24th and will be held every Wednesday from 2 - 5:30pm in the town parking lot on the west side of the Rye Congregational Church.

Here are some highlights that distinguish the Rye Farmers Market:
Rye Harbor Lobster and Seaport Fish will be selling seafood.
Applecrest Farm will have a wide variety of apple products available.
White Heron Tea will have their wonderful organic teas and prepared foods.
Buzz Bomb Spice Blends will bring organic spice blends and gluten-free baked goods.
Sea View Farm will have locally raised bison, chicken and pork.
Slivery Moon Creamery will bring their delicious assortment of raw milk cheeses.
Skip’s Cider Donuts will make fresh donuts right in front of you!
Arbor Inn Bakery is an online bakery in Rye that ships delicious cakes, cookies, and bars and will bring their mouth-watering baked goods to the Rye Market.
Yellow House Farm will have fresh poultry available once a month at the market.

Also distinctive to the Rye Farmers’ Market are the many residents who have formed co-ops to bring products that are grown, raised and baked in Rye:
Fresh eggs - we will be selling fresh eggs from several backyard chicken farmers in Rye.
Fresh produce - we will have fresh fruits and vegetables from farmers in Rye. We are reclaiming the Rye tradition of farming.
Fresh baked goods - come see the special goods baked by our Rye Bakers co-op.
All this plus a story hour for children with readers from the Rye Library and hands-on children’s crafts.

for somebody else it might be the story hour, or the seafood …. but my cheddar curd and fresh mozzarella consumption will be way up this summer!

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June 1, 2009 by Sara Zoe.

SGA Weekday Farmers’ Markets Now Open!

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