For a listing of
other farmers' markets around NH as well as NH-made agricultural product
suppliers, check out the NH Department of Agriculture's
site at www.state.nh.us/agric/farmmkt.html.
Beginner
Farmers of NH is an effort to help support and encourage
individuals wishing to start farming or gardening and to help and support
people who are currently farming. Their site includes a good resource
listing at www.beginnerfarmers.org.
NHmade.com/NHstories.com
provide information on NH-made products. www.nhmade.com.
The Northeast
Organic Farmers Association (NOFA) is a non-profit organization
of nearly 4,000 farmers, gardeners and consumers working to promote
healthy food, organic farming practices and a cleaner environment. NOFA
has chapters in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New York, Rhode Island and Vermont. www.nofa.org
The
USDA lists farmers' markets around the nation on its site
at www.ams.usda.gov/farmersmarkets.
Or you can reach them at (800) 384-8704.
LocalHarvest is a not-for-profit
venture to sprout and grow a definitive and reliable "living"
public directory of small farms nationwide. www.localharvest.org
and (831) 466-0700
The Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association
was formed in the U.S. in 1938. Biodynamics is the oldest, non-chemical
agricultural movement and pre-dates organic agriculture by some 20 years.
The Association supports regional, grass-roots membership associations
and funds more formal research and training institutions. Biodynamics
also supports Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). www.biodynamics.com
The American Farmland Trust (AFT)
works to stop the loss of productive farmland and to promote farming
practices that lead to a healthy environment. www.farmland.org
The Farmland Information Library
provides statistics on agriculture by state. New Hampshire data, including
an extensive listing of links are available at: farmlandinfo.org/fic/states/new_hampshire.html.
Portsmouth-based Sustainable Harvest
has helped more than 680 farming families in Central America to adopt
environmentally-friendly farming methods. www.sustainableharvest.org.
"An author of eight cookbooks and owner of an eatery named 'Best
Restaurant in America' by Gourmet magazine might be satisfied to sit
back and sip a Pellegrino. But Alice Waters,
one of the best-known champions of locally grown, fresh food, has bigger
plans: She hopes to change the role food plays in our culture. The Berkeley,
California, restaurateur promotes farmers' markets and 'slow food'."
Read more in the November/December 2004 issue of Sierra
Magazine.
For a more activist approach, visit The
Organic Consumers Association (OCA), a grassroots non-profit
public interest organization which deals with focuses on issues of food
safety, industrial agriculture, genetic engineering, corporate accountability,
and environmental sustainability. Visit their site at www.organicconsumers.org.
To suggest a link, contact
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