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FEED Kearsarge hosts successful 1st Annual Food Security Summit!
It was deeply heartening to see the Kearsarge community come together so strongly on Saturday, April 18th, for FEED Kearsarge’s very first Food Security Summit!
At Kearsarge Regional High School, 120 attendees representing over 40 businesses and organizations—including farms, food pantries, healthcare and social services, education, land use and conservation, and policy and advocacy —gathered to tackle a vital question:
How do we move from feeding people to ending hunger to building resilient local and regional food systems that nourish all of us?
Food Security Report
Coming soon - a complete Food Security Report on the state of the Food System and Food Access in the Kearsarge Region!
A Crisis of Food Affordability
FEED Kearsarge is a local coalition working to solve this problem together—and you can help.
Last fall we faced temporary lapse in SNAP benefits from the government shutdown, affecting 76,000 residents in New Hampshire. Although SNAP has been reinstated, cuts from the One Big Beautiful Bill are compromising food assistance for many Granite Staters. Yet, for all food buyers there is a larger, ongoing issue: a crisis of food affordability. This crisis is leading to widespread food insecurity and economic anxiety for many people.
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.
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.
Tiny Seeds, Big Skills: How a Community Is Helping KRHS Students Design a Tiny House on Wheels
An article from Sweet Beet Market + Cafe sponsor Artisans New London by Marcy Vierzen
Sometimes a small idea becomes the spark for something much bigger. When members of our nonprofit Ampli5E began building a Tiny House on Wheels in a New London driveway in the summer of 2025, none of us could have predicted what that experience would grow into. What began as a hands-on experiment—shaped by problem-solving, creativity, mentoring from incredibly skilled community members, and more learning curves than we ever imagined—quickly became something deeper.
A Tray of Green Promises!
An uplifting recap of the 6th Annual Tray it Forward Project!
“Last spring I was recovering from a surgery and needed help starting my garden for the first time. The program allowed me to have an abundant and uplifting crop of vegetables and herbs. A follow-up volunteer came by to talk about the program and to take photos. It was a wonderful experience, to feel the surrounding community reaching out.”
May Monthly Giving Campaign Recap: Thank you for Growing with Us!
Throughout the month of May, we welcomed 60 new monthly donors for a total of 151 folks (and counting!), while 22 existing donors chose to increase their monthly gifts.
All together, we increased monthly gifts by $1,666 for a total of $3,837 each month - or $46,044 a year - to fuel vital services that support thousands.
Introducing the 2025 New Hampshire Food & Agriculture Strategic
Join us, the NH Food Alliance, the NH Department of Agriculture, Markets, and Food, and all the people working across New Hampshire’s food system as we celebrate the official release of the 2025 New Hampshire Food and Agriculture Strategic Plan!
The plan exists both in print and as an interactive online platform, offering a wealth of information and recommendations for harnessing the power of collaboration to strengthen our food system.
Kearsarge Food Hub is honored to have contributed to the authoring of this Strategic Plan, alongside the expertise and guidance of hundreds of food system professionals.
Abenaki Seeds Project Survey Results & Impact Report
In 2024, the Abenaki Seeds Project celebrated its 4th year in the Kearsarge Area, and the impact continues to deepen with each year.
2024 Love Local: Rebuilding the Middle of the Food Supply Chain
The 4th Annual Love Local event here at the Kearsarge Food Hub focused on folks in the middle of the food chain.
Tray it Forward Survey Results & Impact Report
Tray it Forward is a project that began in the spring of 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic as a way to help folks grow their own food and connect around gardening.
Celebrating Indigenous People’s Day: The Seeds of Community Resilience!
As we observe Indigenous Peoples Day, we share our deepest gratitude to the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation and their generous efforts sharing Indigenous heritage and knowledge with the community.
2023 Love Local: Meet Your Farmers + Makers Recap
2023 was a particularly challenging growing season for New England farmers and food producers, given the extreme weather events across the region and increasingly unpredictable weather patterns.
2024 Community Fair Slideshow
Dear community, thank you so much for an absolutely incredible 4th Annual Community Fair!
5 Awesome Reasons to Eat Local
When we support local food and farming operations, we are contributing to a more resilient and connected community where all neighbors are empowered to access healthy local food, local farmers are supported and the land is nourished, and all people share a common sense of place!
Why Flowers? Three benefits of adding blooms to your small farm
As the agricultural landscape continues to evolve, and pressure from industrial scale agriculture makes it increasingly difficult for small scale operations, small farm businesses are constantly seeking innovative ways to thrive and differentiate themselves.
5th Annual Tray it Forward: Celebrating Half a Decade of Growing Gardeners
After half a decade of serving the surrounding community, it is a great time to take a stroll through memory lane and recount the growth (pun intended) of the Tray it Forward project!
Tasty Morsels: 2023 Highlights from the KFH Community
2023 was a rich, dynamic, and delightful year here at the Kearsarge Food Hub - thanks to you! As we move into a new year, grateful as ever to be in service and collaboration with you, we would love to take a moment and celebrate ten highlights from 2023.
3rd Annual Community Fair Reflections
Dearest community - thank you for a delightful and invigorating Community Fair on the Autumn Equinox! We had a positively wonderful time on the lawn of Sweet Beet celebrating local food, farms, and community with you.