In the Media
We’re grateful to the media partners who help share the story of the Kearsarge Food Hub and the solutions we’re exploring in our community and local food system. Behind each story is a living network of people working together to create meaningful change.
Union Leader’s 2024 40 Under Forty awards
KFH Executive Director France Hahn named one of Union Leader’s 40 Under Forty leaders in NH! Read more about this honor and France’s excellent leadership in a KFH blog post here and find it on the Union Leader website here.
How I live Free: KEarsarge Food Hub
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Sweet Beet is not only a hub for nourishment but a partner with over 100 growers across NH, bringing support and fresh food to local communities
Becoming ourselves: how to grow community
TEDx Concord
“High school friends return home to bring a food hub to life in rural New Hampshire. What starts as a way to bring safe, sustainable agricultural practices to the farm then grows to include a market, a café, and educational outreach. The "special sauce?" Mindful organizing, systems thinking, and embracing our humanity.”
Farmers Share their mental health worries
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Despite the romanticized picture of farming as a peaceful, laid-back lifestyle, the reality is far from idyllic. The persistent pressure of managing their farm – tending to crops and livestock, fixing fences and maintaining equipment – and ensuring its success, can leave farmers feeling overwhelmed, stressed and anxious. The mental toll of these tasks can be just as challenging as the physical demands.
Common Ground: A New Hampshire food hub models how community support is essential to the future of organic farms
The Cornucopia Institute
“A well-worn piece of paper has hung above Alfonso’s desk ever since. Delivered by a member of the Kearsarge Food Hub (KFH), it lists the names and numbers of people in the local food community who could help her. To Alfonso, that paper has been a lifeline and a constant reminder of an organization ready to bridge the knowledge gaps left by her predecessor’s sudden passing. It reminded her that she was not alone as she navigated her grief and the challenges of a farm transition, not to mention a drought and a pandemic.”
Communities and Consequences II: Rebalancing New Hampshire’s human ecology
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KFH spent some time interviewing with documentary film maker Jay Childs to lend our perspective on living and developing a nonprofit organization from scratch here in New Hampshire. The main point of this film is to look at the changing population of NH (as the second oldest state), how that effects the economy, and ways that we can support more young people living and working here.
50 Businesses, 50 Solutions: Kearsarge Food Hub addresses food insecurity during pandemic
For five years, the non-profit Kearsarge Food Hub has existed with the purpose of helping strengthen connections to local foods in Bradford and the greater Kearsarge region. That takes place through a variety of means — Sweet Beet Market supplies the community with year-round locally-sourced foods; Sweet Beet Kitchen produces baked goods and preserves; while Sweet Beet Farm grows local foods using regenerative practices…
Local, Resilient: Kearsarge Food Hub Offers Farm-to-School Program
New Hampshire Magazine
From humble beginnings as a seasonal roadside farm stand, the Kearsarge Food Hub has blossomed into a powerful force of good in the region, recently celebrating its 5th anniversary. It was founded by a group of passionate high school friends reconnecting after college, wanting to begin an organization driven by strong values and goals…