May 21, 2010 by Heather.

The York County Farmers’ Networkwill be meeting on Tuesday, May 25, 2010, at 5:30 p.m. at Tibbetts  Family Farm, 765 Clarks Wood Road, Lyman, ME, to learn about Composting on a Small Diversified Farm.

John and Elaine Tibbetts have established a commercial composting operation to supplement their diversified farm which also includes vegetables, bedding plants, and pork production. The Tibbetts haul manure from over 60 farms and incorporate local sources of waste nitrogen such as food waste as ingredients for their composting operation.

The evening will begin at 5:30 p.m. with a potluck dinner and the program will begin at 6:30 p.m.

See the flyer, Composting on a Small Diversified Farm, for more information.

Don’t forget to also visit the York County Farmers’ Network website, www.ycfn.org.

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May 21, 2010 by Debra.

Learn more about cows and the part they play in the rural culture of New Hampshire at this upcoming presentation by Steve Taylor, the former NH Agriculture Commissioner:

Cows and Communities: How the lowly bovine has nurtured New Hampshire through four centuries

A presentation by Steve Taylor, former NH Agriculture Commissioner

Tuesday, May 25, 7:00 PM

The Chesley Library at the corner of Routes 4 and 43 in Northwood, NH

Cattle were essential to the survival of the earliest New Hampshire settlements and their contributions have been central to the life and culture of the state ever since. From providing dietary sustenance to basic motive power, bovines have had a deep and enduring bond with their keepers, one that lingers today and is a vital part of the iconography of rural New Hampshire. Where are New Hampshire’s cows today? What are they doing for us now? Some answers will surprise you. The program will be presented by Steve Taylor: independent scholar, farmer, journalist, and longtime public official. Taylor operates a dairy and maple farm in Meriden Village, New Hampshire, and served a quarter century as NH’s Commissioner of Agriculture. He has been a newspaper reporter and editor. He was also the first Executive Director of the NH Humanities Council and is a lifelong student the state’s rural culture.

Co-sponsored by Chesley Library, the NH Humanities Council, The Blaisdell Memorial Library in Nottingham and the Philbrick-James Library in Deerfield.

The program is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, contact Donna Bunker at (603) 942-5472.

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