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By KATE ODEN

ETNA — For years, the New Hampshire Department of Agriculture ran one of the most affordable programs for organic certification in the country.In 2023, New Hampshire organic farmers were notified that the program might have to raise fees.Instead, the...

By JAMES M. PATTERSON

Randolph Center farmer Joe Williams, 74, sent the last of his milking herd to auction on Tuesday. Though no longer milking, he will keep 15 beef cows and continue doing field work at the farm.Williams grew up on a small family farm nearby. After...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

NORTH HAVERHILL — Orchards around the Twin States have plentiful crops, following a tough season last year when many growers lost large portions of their apples, due to a late spring frost.In North Haverhill, Windy Ridge Orchards lost 80% of its apple...

By KATE ODEN

ROYALTON — A piece of dairy farming history on the Royalton-Sharon town line is in the process of changing hands leaving its future uncertain.Westlands Farm, a commercial dairy established in 1867, has been on the market for $1.2 million.A sale is...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

Kacey Knight says she typically hears two kinds of reactions from people when they learn she’s a supervisor on the “kill floor” at Vermont Packinghouse slaughterhouse in North Springfield, Vt.“It’s either ‘Oh, really?’ or ‘I don’t want hear about...

By SARAH EARLE

When Jake Guest arrived at the old Norwich farmhouse where Valerie Woodhouse and Eli Hersh were planning their spring crops last Thursday morning, he did something that still feels a bit strange to him: He knocked on the door.For nearly 40 years,...

By COREY CHAPMAN

After Sunday’s service for Royalton farmer and former state Rep. David Ainsworth, Corey Chapman’s moving eulogy for his friend and mentor started to pop up on social media. Ainsworth died May 31 at age 64. Chapman, a military veteran who now farms in...

By Liz Guenther

May 2It’s been a long winter on our small farm in Corinth. A week ago I looked out my kitchen windows and scanned Hurricane Ridge hopefully, searching for the deepening burgundy hue that means the buds on the hardwoods are swelling. I saw it, but I...