2024 Sullivan County Recipients & Their Projects

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Winter Street Farm, a reduced tillage four season vegetable production CSA, located in Claremont, NH, will purchase equipment and create signage for their community composting program to increase capacity. They will be maintaining a free composting option with a self-serve dumping area and piloting an off-farm compost pick up program. This sustainable waste management program will hopefully be an example to others. Winter Street Farm participates in the NOFA NH CSA share program and are Vital Communities Climate Farmers. Learn more about Winter Street Farm ​here.

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Bascom Farm, located in Charlestown, NH, will be improving strategies for pest management through the use of exclusion netting. They are also working to stabilize early “field” crop planting by purchasing and implementing caterpillar and low tunnels. These should keep air and soil temperatures steady and help reduce soil erosion. The unstable weather conditions experienced resulted in crop losses in previous years. These adaptations should help the farm become more resilient in the future. Bascom Farm produces certified organic vegetables and herbs as well as grass-fed Katahdin Lamb. They participate in Granite Match, NOFA NH CSA Share program, and are part of Vital Communities Climate Farmer program. Learn more about the farm here.

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Dancing Bear Farm, a small demonstration farm in Claremont that combines livestock, education, and hospitality, are implementing a rotational grazing system based on Silvopasture practices. They will be purchasing supplies to build to “Turkshaws” to easily move turkeys to fresh pasture. They will also purchase solar charged electric net fencing to keep the turkeys in one area. They plan to offer the turkeys for sale in the fall and offer a workshop in processing poultry. Learn more about them here. 

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Claremont Spice & Dry Goods Shop, located in Claremont, grows vegetables and herbs and grazed goats. They are purchasing solar powered electric fencing, signage, and a monitoring system to expand rotational grazing and contract grazing operations with their goats. They will also be transitioning their agricultural fields from annual tillage to a no-till rotation and incorporating integrated pest management using low tunnels and a drip irrigation system. The Claremont Spice & Dry Goods Shop specializes in fresh spices. They also carry locally roasted coffees and loose-leaf teas, smoked meats, 100% grass-fed beef, honey, maple syrup and more. Learn more here.

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Harding Hill Farm, located in Sunapee, produces maple syrup and grass feed beef. They also sell firewood and provide tree care services. They are planning and implementing barnyard renovations that will reduce nutrient runoff and erosion of heavy use areas by diverting water runoff. This includes the addition of a concrete feeding pad and re-establishment of perennial forage plants. Harding Hill Farm is also working with NRCS on this project through an EQIP cost share program. Learn more about the farm here.