From drought to accessing financial support programs, many New Hampshire farmers are struggling, even as demand for local products increases.
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By ABBE HAMILTON
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
Local farms have been slammed with demand this spring, and credit it to the appeal of shorter, more reliable supply chains in the face of a global pandemic. Many farmers hope the support will continue after their customers go back to work.
In Rindge, Craig Jensen of Sun Moon Farm said they’re selling four times the usual volume of salad greens. Sales didn’t falter at the Connolly Brothers Dairy Farm in Temple even after the usually lucrative Maple Month was canceled, co-owner Chris Connolly said. The farm stand is now staffed full time after traffic more than tripled.
Anticipating high demand, several farms have asked the Cheshire County Conservation District for help taking new forms of payment, District Manager Amanda Littleton said.
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