New Hampshire legislators’ efforts to deregulate meat processing for certain of the state’s small producers has stalled after Gov. Kelly Ayotte vetoed the measure Friday. “Agriculture is an important part of our state’s economy and heritage, and I appreciate the bill’s intent to provide additional meat processing access for small farmers and producers,” Ayotte wrote […]
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Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) is wishing folks a happy National Mushroom Day.
The state Senate voted Thursday in favor of a bill that would create a pathway for New Hampshire farmers to bypass federal meat inspection requirements. House Bill 396 seeks to create a framework in state law for farmers to process meat at their farms or other facilities beside those approved by the U.S. Department of […]
Washington, D.C. — Legislation for hot-and-ready chicken being added to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) was introduced yesterday, April 22.
CONWAY — On a sunny blue-skied morning Thursday, U.S. Rep Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) joined Conway selectmen chair David Weathers, Selectman John C…
CONCORD — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is expanding its People’s Garden Initiative to include eligible gardens nationwide.
Landowner Robert ‘Bob’ Kidder admires the view at his property in Stark, N.H. Kidder recently closed on a deal putting his land into a conserv…
GORHAM — The North Country Education Services Agency, Inc. has been awarded $49,173 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Part of the USDA'…
MANCHESTER — The New Hampshire Food Bank has received a $900,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to support efforts to provide t…
OSSIPEE — Center Ossipee just got a bit brighter thanks to 94 new streetlights purchased with partial funding from a U.S. Department of Agricu…