The Kearsarge Food Hub team is excited to share that we have hired a new Executive Director to help us grow into the next decade: Rob McGregor!

We had many great candidates for this position, and Rob rose to the surface a committed leader with both the skills and the heart to help the organization grow meaningfully into the years ahead.

Rob brings to the Kearsarge Food Hub a track record of nonprofit leadership, with deep experience in financial, strategic and organizational management.

When we first made the goal of collecting 1,000 items for our Back to School Food Drive, we knew it was ambitious, and we knew it would only happen if our community rallied together to make it happen.

And we did it!!! With YOUR help - we collected over 1,000 items for our Back to School Food Drive!

Our final count was 1,051 items, which will help fill our FREEdge for one calendar year.

The FREEdge is our on-site food pantry, accessible for anybody at anytime, no questions asked. As you may know, we stock the FREEdge weekly with fresh and local produce as well as cafe food from our very own Sweet Beet Cafe.

The non-perishable items collected during the food drive will perfectly supplement the FREEdges fresh offerings!

Now feels like a more important time than ever to help our neighbors in need, so thank you to everyone who was a part of this year’s Food Drive - we most definitely could not have done this without you.

This has been a true testament to the power of working together to make a collective goal come to fruition.

On September 27th, we welcomed friends and neighbors to the lawn around Sweet Beet Market + Cafe for Kearsarge Food Hub and Friends’ 5th Annual Community Fair. The sun was shining, the autumn air was fresh, the food was delicious, the art was beautiful, and the music was rockin’—we couldn’t ask for a more beautiful day!

In honor of Hunger Action Month, we're launching a Back to School Food Drive kicking off September 1st. We have an ambitious goal to collect 1,000 donated grocery items from our Sweet Beet Customers, like you!

Reflecting on Kearsarge Food Hub’s 10 Year Anniversary Benefit Gala

It was a rainy Thursday on the last day of July and, though the Benefit Gala was planned to take place in part throughout the gardens at Colby Hill Gardens, it was good that the plants were getting some rain. As farmers, food system workers, and garden enthusiasts, we all agreed that the wellbeing of the plants and crops was of the utmost importance - even on this special night…

On July 4th 2025 Sweet Beet celebrated its tenth birthday, and on July 5th we celebrated with all of you at our Birthday Party, here at 11 West Main Street in Bradford, NH!

We had live music with Decatur Creek and local vendor tastings. We ate everybody’s favorite and famous Sweet Beet tacos, and you all helped us sing happy birthday and eat the most beautiful and delicious cake (some said it was the best cake they’ve ever had!).

While dozens of our community members hung out on the porch listening to music and enjoying a gorgeous summer day, we were able to ask many people what their first or favorite memory was from Sweet Beet over the past decade.

Here’s a little bit of what was shared with us.

Did you know that U.S. bluefin tuna fisheries here on the East Coast are some of the most strictly regulated and scientifically managed in the world?

The sustainability of farming on land is a frequently discussed topic, while the sustainability of fishing locally might not be something that comes up as often. And because sustaining our waters are just as important as sustaining our land, we reached out to Denise at Coastline Seafood to learn more about the sustainability of bluefin tuna - a fish that can often bring up curiosities and questions regarding regulation and the future of our ecologically balanced oceans.

Artisan winemaker NOK VINO opens a new tasting room, showcasing their estate wines and ciders in a stylish and comfortable setting just north of Manchester, NH. NOK VINO farms 9 acres of vines and crafts distinctive and compelling wines that express the unique terroir of the Granite State.

An update on this year’s growing season, based on weather!

There has been a slow maturing of almost every crop this year due to the lack of sunshine and too much rain. Even though our local farmers take precautionary approaches, like raised beds, knowing rain is a significant part of New England spring, this year’s weather has still had some pretty drastic effects on the land.

The Kearsarge Food Hub community showed up in a big way in 2024 to make tremendous strides toward building a resilient food system and connected community!

We’re thrilled to present it to you in this 2024 Annual Report: Growing Together!

The impact the food hub had over the past year in the Kearsarge region is made possible by the generosity of many caring hands and hearts, from donors to shoppers to volunteers to community partners.

We had a wonderful 2025 Annual Meeting on Thursday, April 12th and wanted to make sure you got the chance to check it out if you missed it - watch the full recording here!

Events like this truly energize us by highlighting the strength of our community and what we can achieve together. A special thank you to Nicole Cardwell for sharing about the NH Food & Agriculture Strategic Plan. We gained valuable insights into the necessary improvements in our food system and the importance of strategic collaboration in making progress!

We feel inspired by all the many ways this community contributes to a viable, secure and joyful food system. And still, we know there is much work to be done to continue bringing our vision of a resilient food system and connected community into focus…