By Jake Gehrung for the NH Food Alliance From humble beginnings as a seasonal roadside farm stand, the Kearsarge Food Hub has blossomed into a powerful force of good in their region, recently celebrating their 5th anniversary. It was founded by a group of passionate high school friends reconnecting after college, wanting to begin an…

By Jake Gehrung for the NH Food Alliance Andrea Tomlinson often worries about the future of New Hampshire commercial fishing. “Our local fishermen are in danger of becoming extinct,” she says. As the manager of NH Community Seafood, a fishing cooperative aimed at protecting and expanding New Hampshire’s seafood industry, Andrea has seen up-close the…

Writing and photograph by Ashley Salvatore of Salvatore Family Farms Salvatore Family Farm was recently established in 2019. We pride ourselves on using only organic and sustainable practices on our farm. We specialize in growing local and pure saffron spice. Saffron is a unique spice that is typically imported from Spain or Iran, but now…

For the eighth year, let’s shine a light on local food, farms and our Monadnock Region food system during New Hampshire Eats Local Month, a month-long celebration of our state’s harvest in August.  What do we mean by a food system? Our food system includes all the pieces needed to bring local food from the…

By Jake Gehrung for the NH Food Alliance “People are so disconnected from their food, that they don’t have any idea where it comes from, and how it gets there. Food system transparency has been lost.” That’s Joanne Ducas, the owner of Mountain Heartbeet Farm in Effingham, NH, and vice president of The Mount Washington…