Take a closer look at the NH Climate Resilience Grant, its impact, and why it matters!

Each year the Cheshire County Conservation District honors an individual, business or organization with the “Cooperator of the Year”...

From April 2023 through November 2024, I took time away from my role with the conservation district to work on farms up and down the east...

Discover funding opportunities that help you enhance local agriculture, preserve wildlife habitat, and promote climate resilience!

Learn more about the role Sofie played in Monadnock Outdoors' regional efforts this summer!

By making a few small changes in the garden, you can help combat climate change, decrease energy bills, and more!

The Gentile Family Homestead, a 24-acre gem of sustainable open pasture shares about their climate grant project!

As the farming season begins, Kaisa Jarrell of Green Wagon Farm is preparing for another season of providing fresh produce to the community!

Bank erosion, or the removal of soil, rocks, and vegetation by the force of moving water, is a natural part of river dynamics. Over the...

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...

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...

What changes have you seen weather wise in your life? Thanksgiving Eve many NH USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service staff attended...

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...

This year, the Cheshire County Conservation District is excited to celebrate its 75th anniversary! While Covid-19 may have thrown a...

Radically Rural 2020 brings you Radically Rural Remote, a single-day entirely virtual summit for shaping and sharing ideas surrounding...

“Vision is not seeing things as they are but as they will be” ~David Holmgren Buying an old house (C.1790’s) on a very small lot (0.17...

Happy New Year! 2019 was an exciting (& busy!) year at the Cheshire County Conservation District. As in years past, our District staff of...

Hillside Springs Farm is a horse-powered vegetable farm. With three draft horses, one kitty, and two and a half farmers -- my spouse,...

​Hello garden friends! This year, one of my new adventures is growing in containers. In this photo (taken on June 1st), you can see a...

As the spring rains take a rest and allow for periods of planting on our farms and in our gardens, you may be interested to know that...