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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
Jun 3, 20225 min read


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
May 6, 20225 min read


April Community Member Spotlight: Mary Ewell
The average American contributes 80lbs of clothing and textiles to the waste stream each year, and often does so without giving it much...
Benee Hershon
Apr 6, 20225 min read


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...
Benee Hershon
Mar 4, 20224 min read


February Community Member Spotlight: Bob & Lynn Ziman
A retired couple have completed the first season of their ever-growing pollinator garden and have transformed their perception of the...
Benee Hershon
Feb 18, 20224 min read


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...
John Kondos
Feb 4, 20223 min read


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...
Benee Hershon
Jan 6, 20226 min read


2021: A Year of Resilience, Strength, and Success!
2021 has been a year of resilience in Cheshire County. CCCD has had the honor of continuing our work with this amazing community for a...
Benee Hershon
Dec 6, 20214 min read


Meet Laura and Cary: Pollinator Newbies Turned Enthusiasts!
Laura and Cary are two busy and active professional women who wanted to help restore a piece of the land they live on. The area had been...
Amy Bodwell
Nov 4, 20213 min read


Cold River Streambank Restoration Project: A Closer Look
Every spring and sometimes in the summer, the Cold River would take a bite out of two important agricultural fields near its confluence...
Bill Fosher
Oct 5, 20212 min read


From Friday Tree Walks to CCCD: My Journey to Conservation
I never considered a career in conservation until my first week of college, when a friend insisted that I had to check out that, “awesome...
Benee Hershon
Sep 1, 20212 min read


Radically Rural Returns to Keene
Radically Rural is a conference focused on small communities, what rural means and how to keep the small-town feel. This year’s...
Amy Bodwell
Aug 8, 20212 min read


Pollinators of Cheshire & Sullivan Counties
The 2021 National Pollinator Week, an annual international event created by the Pollinator Partnership, took place between Monday June...
Lola Bobrowski
Jul 8, 20212 min read


NRCS Practices: Log Cribs for Streambank Erosion
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...
Wendy Ward
Jun 5, 20211 min read


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...
The Monadnock Conservancy
May 10, 20212 min read


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...
Tom Beaudry
Apr 5, 20211 min read


Tips for Working with NRCS
Are you a farm or forestland owner about to embark on a new contract with NRCS? Maybe you’re interested in signing up for NRCS programs...
Heidi Konesko
Mar 6, 20212 min read


Private Landowners say YES to Pollinators!
One in three bites of food that we consume are made possible by pollinators—a group that includes the well-known honeybee, but also an...
Todd Horner
Feb 16, 20213 min read


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...
Lola Bobrowski
Jan 15, 20214 min read


Weathering the Change
What changes have you seen weather wise in your life? Thanksgiving Eve many NH USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service staff attended...
Mary Ellen Cannon
Dec 7, 20203 min read
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