The Perfect Match: TEAM Jaffrey Farmers' Market and Community SNAP Programs
Explore how one of our local farmers' markets increases community access to fresh, healthy and local produce.
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Sarah Waring
- Jun 2
- 4 min
Rural Development and REAP: Emphasizing the ‘US’ in USDA
Explore the benefits of the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) to our farms, communities and climate!
Benee Hershon
- Mar 2
- 5 min
Spring Community Member Spotlight: Jeffrey P. Smith Farm Scholarship
The Jeffrey P. Smith Farm Scholarship endeavors to connect young people with agriculture & the natural world!
Benee Hershon
- Dec 1, 2022
- 6 min
December Community Member Spotlight: Gentile Family Homestead
The Gentile Family Homestead, a 24-acre gem of sustainable open pasture shares about their climate grant project!
Millie Richard
- Aug 15, 2022
- 2 min
Granite State Market Match: Support Local Farmers, Strengthen Food Access!
The Granite State Market Match is a program designed to double SNAP benefits for recipients that spend a portion of their food assistance...
Benee Hershon
- Aug 1, 2022
- 4 min
August Community Member Spotlight: Philip Huckins
Every September, CCCD partners with local farmers' markets to celebrate Cheshire County Veterans, including Dr. Philip Huckins!
Benee
- Jun 23, 2022
- 6 min
July Community Member Spotlight: John Kondos
As the sun shines down on the Monadnock Region, one community member continues to dedicate his career to harvesting solar!
Benee Hershon
- Jun 3, 2022
- 5 min
June Community Member Spotlight: Kaisa Jarrell
As the farming season begins, Kaisa Jarrell of Green Wagon Farm is preparing for another season of providing fresh produce to the community!
Benee Hershon
- May 6, 2022
- 5 min
May Community Member Spotlight: Emma McHone
As spring emerges in the Monadnock Region, it is time to sow the seeds of another season at the Community Garden Connections (CGC)...
Benee Hershon
- Mar 4, 2022
- 4 min
March Community Member Spotlight: Sara Powell
A 7-week farmer business planning course has just completed its first successful cohort, transforming local businesses and lives...
John Kondos
- Feb 4, 2022
- 3 min
Community Supported Solar: On Sun Harvesting in the Monadnock Region
As I write this in early February, it’s comforting & rewarding to see the sun climb above the tree tops on the horizon from its lowest...
Benee Hershon
- Jan 6, 2022
- 6 min
January Community Member Spotlight: Partners' Gardens LLC
As temperatures drop in the Monadnock Region, and winter sets in, Jenna and Tyler Rich of Partners’ Gardens LLC have just wrapped up a...
The Monadnock Conservancy
- May 11, 2021
- 2 min
A Conservation Easement Story: Chesterfield, NH
This is a story about a family that bought some farmland in Chesterfield, then made the decision to conserve it so that it would always...
Tom Beaudry
- Apr 6, 2021
- 1 min
CCCD Drills & Rental Equipment
Have a need to reseed a field or pasture but don’t want to plow it? The Cheshire County Conservation District can help! The district has...
Lola Bobrowski
- Jan 15, 2021
- 4 min
2020 - What a Year!
What a year 2020 has been! As one can imagine, our year in review is going to look a bit different this year, but also a lot didn’t...
Mary Ellen Cannon
- Dec 7, 2020
- 3 min
Weathering the Change
What changes have you seen weather wise in your life? Thanksgiving Eve many NH USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service staff attended...
Lola Bobrowski
- Nov 5, 2020
- 3 min
On Mud, Horses, Flowers, & Food
It was early spring. All the snow had melted in the winter paddock, and the workhorses and the farmers were ankle-and-fetlock deep in...
Lola Bobrowski
- Oct 26, 2020
- 2 min
Uniquely NH Stories & Celebration
This year, the Cheshire County Conservation District is excited to celebrate its 75th anniversary! While Covid-19 may have thrown a...
Lola Bobrowski
- Sep 11, 2020
- 3 min
Explore Intersections Between Land & Community On Sept. 24th!
Radically Rural 2020 brings you Radically Rural Remote, a single-day entirely virtual summit for shaping and sharing ideas surrounding...
Bill Fosher
- May 6, 2020
- 2 min
Supporting Our Struggling Dairy Farms
Dairy farmers will not be charged for equipment rentals from the Cheshire County Conservation District for the 2020 growing season. The...
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