Kearsarge Food Hub

Cultivating Food Sovereignty, Growing Engaged Learners, Nurturing Community

As a nonprofit organization serving the greater Kearsarge Area in central NH, we envision a resilient and connected community where everyone is empowered to access healthy local food, where farmers are supported and the land is nourished, and all people share a common sense of place.

Kearsarge Food Hub is on a mission to reinvigorate our community within a restorative local food system through cultivating food sovereignty, growing engaged learners, and nurturing community.

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We’re Hiring Multiple Positions!

The Kearsarge Food Hub, home of Sweet Beet, is hiring for several positions to help advance our mission of connecting local people with local food across the Kearsarge region.
Each team member is essential to the impact we make in our community. All programs are guided by our four core values: Collaborative Stewardship, Inclusive Engagement, Conscientious Innovation, and Joyful Renewal. More than a job, this is work with purpose—and we like to have fun! If you feel you’re a good fit for an open position, please apply today and join our awesome team!

Events

Events
Customer Appreciation Month
Mar 1
Customer Appreciation Month

March is Customer Appreciation Month, and to say THANK YOU for your loyalty to shopping here at Sweet Beet, and most importantly shopping LOCAL, we have TWO opportunities for you to save money this month!

Get your coupons at the register at Sweet Beet, or print your own at home!

One coupon is to get $10 off when you spend $50 and the other is to get $20 off when you spend $100.

Use each coupon ONCE and one set per person!

NOFA-NH Winter Conference
Mar 7
NOFA-NH Winter Conference

NOFA-NH Winter Conference
March 7th at Colby-Sawyer College in New London, NH

Rooted in shared purpose and growing together, the NOFA-NH Winter Conference is a celebration of community, resilience, and the transformative power of local food. This year’s theme, Taking Root: Nourishing Community, honors the deep connections between land, people, and practices that sustain us.

Pigeon Cove Kombucha Tasting!
Mar 7
Pigeon Cove Kombucha Tasting!

Get ready friends, this is going to be a GOOD ONE. Everybody’s favorite kombucha company is going to be HERE at the market on Saturday March 7th from 11 AM to 2 PM!!

We have nearly ten rotating flavors of Pigeon Cove Ferment’s kombucha in our drink cooler, and fun fact the Hibiscus Ginger is not only the top kombucha flavor that we sell but it is the most purchased drink (other than cups of coffee haha) here at Sweet Beet!

We’ve been told the cucumber jalapeño flavor makes an incredibly refreshing mocktail OR cocktail (margaritas anyone?) and the raspberry basil or hibiscus ginger mixes well with Herbal Revolution’s elderberry tonic for the immunity boost we could all use this time of year!

Abbot Hill Cheese Tasting
Mar 14
Abbot Hill Cheese Tasting

Fun fact about Abbot Hill: this “pasture to table” cheese is only sold within a 50 mile range of where it’s made in Wilton, NH. So, if you are looking for a super authentic, delicious and very LOCAL cheese, come try something new on Saturday March 14th from 11 AM - 2 PM.

Abbot Hill Creamery has a goal to use their passion for the art of cheese making to bring you amazing cheeses that you will love. They use quality ingredients and collaborate with southern New Hampshire dairy farmers and their cows to produce a wide variety of soft and hard cheeses.

Southern Charm Farm CHEESE Tasting!
Mar 21
Southern Charm Farm CHEESE Tasting!

TRY NEW CHEESE!!!! What an exciting day because there is a new cheese on the block.

Have you heard of Southern Charm Farm in Hopkinton, NH? This local farm is making quality artisan cheeses that are hand-crafted, made with the freshest local ingredients, and best of all they are made with the intention to bring people together!

Come visit these cheese-makers at Sweet Beet on Saturday March 21st between 11 AM and 2 PM to get your hands on this beautiful and absolutely exceptional and delicious cheese.

Auspicious Brew!!! Hard Kombucha Tasting!
Mar 28
Auspicious Brew!!! Hard Kombucha Tasting!

Our friend Ry, from Auspicious Brew will be joining us on Saturday March 28th from noon - 2:00 with hard kombucha for the tasting!

Located in downtown Dover, NH, Auspicious Brew is not only women-owned but New Hampshires FIRST ever Kombucha Brewery!

From karaoke nights and live music, to trivia, it seems like there is always something fun happening at this super cool kombucha bar.

Lucky for us we will have a little bit of that fun HERE at Sweet Beet!

See you then!

NH Food System Statewide Gathering
Apr 10
NH Food System Statewide Gathering

NH Food System Statewide Gathering
April 10th at the Owl’s Nest in Thornton, NH

Each year, the NH Food System Statewide Gathering brings together individuals, businesses, and organizations from across sectors who are dedicated to developing a local food system that works for all in the Granite State.

Farmers, fishermen, business owners, and food system professionals from across New Hampshire and New England will be gathering to dive deeply into breakout sessions, networking activities, and more to drive change across New Hampshire’s food system. 

Food Security Summit
Apr 18
Food Security Summit

Food Security Summit
Connection • Learning • Collaboration

Saturday, April 18th at Kearsarge Regional High School

The Food Security Summit by FEED Kearsarge is an annual gathering that brings together the people and organizations working to expand food access, education, and distribution across the Kearsarge / Lake Sunapee region.

Taking place on Saturday, April 18th from 9:00am–3:00pm at Kearsarge Regional High School in North Sutton, NH, the summit offers a full day of connection, learning, and collaboration with refreshments and lunch provided.

2026 Farm + Forest Club Spring Session
May 7
2026 Farm + Forest Club Spring Session

We are so excited to announce that the Kearsarge Food Hub's Farm + Forest Club is BACK, open to children ages 6-11. Farm + Forest Club is a drop off, once a week, immersive outdoor education program held Thursdays from 10am-4pm. 

Multi-week sessions will be held throughout the year in Spring, Summer & Fall. Students will gather together with peers and educators to grow and eat food, connect to nature, and build their environmental science knowledge and skills.

From the blog

Blog
Exciting New Partnership: Kearsarge Food Hub Joins Forces with Sunset Hill Education Institute
Exciting New Partnership: Kearsarge Food Hub Joins Forces with Sunset Hill Education Institute

We are so excited to announce that the Kearsarge Food Hub (KFH) is partnering with the Sunset Hill Education Institute (SHEI) for our farm education programs this year!

SHEI is a local nonprofit whose mission is to empower individuals to grow resiliency and a purposeful, nourishing life story through a barrier-free connection to community and nature. Their mission beautifully aligns with ours here at KFH to reinvigorate our community within a restorative local food system. That’s what makes this such a dreamy—and impactful—new partnership.

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Food Insecurity is Hitting Home in our Community
Food Insecurity is Hitting Home in our Community

FEED Kearsarge is a local coalition working to solve this problem together—and you can help.

Whether or not neighbors have enough food to eat is not a partisan issue. Access to food is a basic human right and food security is a matter of local and national security; when neighbors are hungry, entire communities suffer. This is not some problem “out there”— people face hunger every day right here in the Kearsarge region.

The truth is, many people are doing everything they can to make ends meet but the math just isn’t adding up as the cost of living rises across the board.

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New Seasonal Menu at The Beet!
New Seasonal Menu at The Beet!

A change of season means a change of menu here at Sweet Beet Cafe.

Eating with our seasons means we get to support our local farmers all year long, and shifting into winter means creative new menu items with the new produce we have most abundant access to!

There are some cozy new menu items, like the Winter Warmer Grain Bowl and the Mushroom Grilled Cheese, which you are likely going to want to add BRISKET to.

Other incredible brisket options include The Mexi Dip and Brisket Breakfast sandwich.

Let's just say the kitchen crew has not been slacking!!

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In the news

News
Kearsarge Food Hub turns 10, celebrates new era of food security work
Kearsarge Food Hub turns 10, celebrates new era of food security work

Kathleen Bigford regarded Bradford, like she did most of New Hampshire, as a greying place.

Having lived in town for decades and taught at the ConVal district middle school in neighboring Antrim for 25 years, she’d seen many young people leave the area and pursue their passions elsewhere. Then, as she approached her retirement, five of them returned.

“They had gone to school together, had traveled the world and had decided, ‘We want to be in Bradford and establish a food network with local farmers and have a place where local people can buy local food,’” she recalled.

Kearsarge Food Hub: A Nurturing Space for the Community
Kearsarge Food Hub: A Nurturing Space for the Community

The Kearsarge Food Hub, in Bradford, New Hampshire, will celebrate its 10th year in 2025. Since its founding as Sweet Beet Farm a decade ago it has been transforming the concept of what a food hub is. Read more!

Sweet Beet Market reopens with community support after fire
Sweet Beet Market reopens with community support after fire

Lauren Howard was at home, recovering from a cold, when she got the news that Sweet Beet Market and Café, the store she’d spent the last decade building, was on fire.

It was the last thing any business owner wants to hear.

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