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

By Rebeca Pereira | Concord Monitor

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.