In partnership with NH Stories, Inc. and

as well as the NH Farm to Restaurant Connection.

New Officers: Kris Mossey has been elected as the new NHFMA president. Peter Allen, Dick Babcock and Helen Colstello have joined the board of directors.

Surveys: Please help us by answering a survey for either: Farmers' Market Managers and/or Farmers' Market Customers.

WIC FMNP coupons: click here for further information or please call NHDHHS (WIC FMNP office), 800-WIC-4321.

Homestead License: for updated information or to apply for a license, please call NHDHHS (DPHS Food Protection), (603) 271-4589 or 4858.

NH farmers markets are locally controlled and operated. If you want to sell your products at any NH farmers market, you need to contact the manager of that market directly to see if that market is accepting new vendors and what their individual market rules require. Click below for:

- A list of NH farmers' market locations and contacts.
- State and federal government contacts.
- NH fruit and vegetable seasons.
- How to Determine if Selling at a Farmers’ Market is an Option for Your Business?

The NHFMA is organized as a standing committee of the New Hampshire Stories, Inc., a New Hampshire Nonprofit Corporation . NH Stories, Inc. is an IRS recognized 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation. NH Stories does business as NH Made and uses the website, NHMade.com. Look for our banners at a market near you. There are 58+ markets across New Hampshire, up from 29 in 2001, 38 in 2002, 45 in 2003, 52 in 2004, 54 in 2005.

The mission of the NHFMA is to educate the general public on the benefits of a healthy lifestyle acquired through locally grown agricultural products. We are dedicated to helping consumers understand the economic, social and ecological benefits of this lifestyle for themselves as well as for local farmers, growers and producers. The association seeks to educate local producers on best management practices and common operating procedures through a variety of means including workshops, seminars and multi-media. The NHFMA will work to provide the educational assistance, support and training that local producers need to provide healthy food in an ecologically sound manner. Through education and member participation, the NHFMA strengthens New Hampshire agriculture.

The benefits of eating and buying local**:

• locally grown and produced food is fresher (if asked, consumers know and agree with this)
• you know where your food comes from and who grows it
• by buying locally you help support local farmers and keep working farms profitable
• you help preserve working farms and our rural landscape (productive farms preserve our high quality of life in NH)
• your money stays in and supports your local community

**Thanks to the Claremont Farmers' Market

Contact Us:

NH Farmers' Market Association, 42 Highland Avenue, Milford, NH 03055, 673-5792

E-mail the New Hampshire Farmers' Market Association at info@nhfma.org

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This document initially developed by Jack Potter, 603-528-1990, info@shakerwoodsfarm.com.
Shaker Woods Farm at Point Comfort, 23 March 2003

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