Northeast Health Soil Network

02/21/2025

02/21/2025

We may be buried in snow but spring planning is happening right now, and spring planting is not so far away!

Place your Bulk Orders through March 1st to save big on the farming and gardening supplies you need. Shop at bulkorderstore.nofanh.org today!

01/12/2025

"Without proper safeguards, these ('nature-based solutions') could lead to adverse outcomes, particularly for smallholder farmers. While capital is necessary to transition agricultural practices to more sustainable forms of land management, concerns arise that investment by corporate banks and funds could lead to consolidation of power, wealth, and control over farmland and its ecological assets. (...) To address these concerns (...) a critical approach to analyzing the emerging investment landscape in agriculture must be taken."

Read and download the "From Extraction to Regeneration: A Just Transition Approach to Financing Climate Resilience in the Food System" issue from FSNE at https://foodsolutionsne.org/just-transition-approach-to-financing-climate-resilience-in-the-food-system/

10/26/2024

Bioregional Finance (BioFi) is the next frontier for ReFi 🌱

10/16/2024

We want YOU to support our 23rd Annual Winter Conference through your expertise, experience, and networks! We are seeking speakers from diverse backgrounds to share their knowledge, perspectives, and craft at the event. We aim for topics and formats that build new skills, provide relevant updates, encourage collaboration, create fun, inspire joy, and build community to positively impact our local and regional food network. If you are interested, please complete the Request For Proposal (RFP) form by November 10th.

You can find the form at www.nofanh.org/winterconference or the link in our bio. More details on presenting are available on the form and you can contact us at [email protected] with any questions!

The 2025 Winter Conference will – Sowing Hope, Cultivating Joy - will be held on Saturday, February 8th, 2025, at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, NH. Join supporters of the local, organic food and farming movement as we sow more seeds of hope, expand our knowledge, connect as a community, celebrate innovation, and lean into the joy of food in New Hampshire and the region.

10/16/2024

The Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP) is a free, peer-to-peer mentorship initiative offering technical support, certification guidance, educational events, workforce development, and more. Applications are open year-round. Mentorships start in fall and late-winter. Sign up now to start a fall mentorship focused on organic certification! The program is open to farms and processors aiming for organic certification, whether they sell retail or wholesale.

We’re also seeking experienced organic farmers to become paid Mentors who can share their expertise and support the expanding number of growers interested in transitioning to organic certification. Both Mentees and Mentors receive assistance from TOPP program staff, NOFA-NH, Pennsylvania Certified Organic, and other partner organizations.

Now is the time to sign-up! Applications are open through October 31st!

To learn more and sign up, visit www.nofanh.org/topp or the link in our bio, or email Teresa at [email protected], attend the monthly Farmers Organic Roundtable or call our office at 603-224-5022.

07/06/2024

TOMORROW: our next installment of Dirt & Democracy. This week we will receive training in consensus decision making by Sarah Coffey of the

Join online or in person.
Click the link in our bio to register!