Sep 02 - Exeter's Farmers Market

Swasey Parkway, Exeter, NH

Come out and support local farmers and crafters at the Exeter Farmer's Market.  It is the 2nd largest in the seacoast.  There will be plenty of wine, arts and crafts, organic soaps, and houseware and, of course, delicious local produce. There will also be musical guests performing, and if you still aren't satisfied - take a stroll along the serene Squamscott river. So come on by, if you're bored, hungry, tired of mediocre grocery-store produce, or just enjoy being out. For more info, click here. 

Sep 04 - Newmarket Farmer's Market

5 Granite St. Newmarket, NH

Now the first year round farmer's market in NH, come to Newmarket to buy delicious local food, see your friends & neighbors, and enjoy the music beside the beautiful, historic Stone Church.  Shop for the freshest fruits and vegetables, dairy products, locally raised meat and NH grown wines! For more information, click here!

Sep 07 - Green Alliance special at Bob's: Take-out family dinner for 4

Bob's Clam Hut, 315 US Route 1 Kittery, ME

Come to Bob's on Tuesdays to receive a take-out family dinner that feeds 4 people for $23.95. Choose any two items from Maine shrimp, haddock, chicken, or clam strips. The special includes fries, onion rings, AND Annabelle's Ice Cream. Ask how you can "go green" to get $2 off. So come down to Bob's on any given Tuesday and enjoy a great meal at a great price. For more info, click here.   

Sep 07 - Hampton Farmers Market

289 Lafayette Rd, Hampton, NH 03842, in the Sacred Heart Church parking lot

The Seacoast Growers Association (SGA) has provided the seacoast region of New Hampshire with a marketplace for fresh local produce, handcrafted goods, and homemade foods and beverages. From a humble beginning of several farmers cooperating to better market their goods, to its present form as a registered New Hampshire non-profit managing six area Farmers’ Markets, including over fifty vendors, the organization has maintained its goal and values. And we're still growing! Come join the SGA at there Hampton, NH marketplace every Tuesday, for more information visit the SGA at www.seacoastgrowers.org.

Sep 09 - Rochester Farmer's Market

Fosters Daily Democrat, 90 N Main St, Rochester, NH

Come to downtown Rochester and support your local farmers, craft-makers, and trinket sellers.  Buy fresh produce, grab a bowl of homemade chowdah, and "flea-market" to your heart's content. For more info, email talondpjs@metrocast.net. 

Sep 11 - Fuel & More's 3rd Annual River Dance: Featuring The SoulMate Band

Weathervane: Lobster in the Rough. 31 Badgers Island West, Kittery ME

Come and show your support for the organization who is helping Kittery families stay warm. Fuel & More has worked hard to develop the formation of a safety net heating fuel oil program for Kittery citizens. This event will be located outside of the Weathervane where you can enjoy a casual evening of dancing, light refreshments, a cash bar, a silent auction and a 50/50 raffle. There will be Hors d'oeuvres and desserts served from 7:00pm to 8:00pm and then starting at 8:00pm and playing until 11pm will be seacoast's premier soul, motown and R&B band SoulMate.

Tickets are $30 per person or $55 per couple. You can purchase your tickets at any of the following locations: Kittery Town Hall, Ocean Bank/Walker St, Kennebunk Savings/Shapleigh Rd, Weathervane: Lobster in the Rough/Badger's Island, and Weathervane Restaurant/Route 1 Kittery. For more information on this event click here! 

Sep 11 - Hear Professor John Carroll Advocate for Local Foods and Sustainable Farming

Seacoast Science Center

Professor John Carroll will talk about his latest book, The Real Dirt: Toward Food Sufficiency and Farm Sustainability in New England and about his book Pastures of Plenty: The Future of Food, Agriculture and Environmental Conservation in New England.

John Carroll is Professor of Environmental Conservation at the University of New Hampshire. He is the author and editor of The Wisdom of Small Farms and Local Food, Sustainability and Spirituality, The Greening of Faith, Ecology and Religion, Environmental Diplomacy, and International Environmental Diplomacy. He is a Kellogg Foundation National Fellow.

Free to Rye residents and SSC members.

Contact Mimi White, mimiwhite@earthlink.net, 603-964-6586 for more information and to sign up.

Sep 11 - Newmarket Farmer's Market

5 Granite St. Newmarket, NH

 Come to Newmarket to buy delicious local food, see your friends & neighbors, and enjoy the music beside the beautiful, historic Stone Church. Shop for the freshest fruits and vegetables, dairy products, locally raised meat and NH grown wines! For more information, click here!

Sep 14 - Hampton Farmers Market

289 Lafayette Rd, Hampton, NH 03842, in the Sacred Heart Church parking lot

The Seacoast Growers Association (SGA) has provided the seacoast region of New Hampshire with a marketplace for fresh local produce, handcrafted goods, and homemade foods and beverages. From a humble beginning of several farmers cooperating to better market their goods, to its present form as a registered New Hampshire non-profit managing six area Farmers’ Markets, including over fifty vendors, the organization has maintained its goal and values. And we're still growing! Come join the SGA at there Hampton, NH marketplace every Tuesday, for more information visit the SGA at www.seacoastgrowers.org.

Sep 14 - Lean and Green Awards

Portsmouth Harbor Events & Conference Center, Portwalk Place, 100 Deer Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801

This unique breakfast event will spotlight the best money-saving environmental practices of NH companies. Winners of the competition will be featured in the August issue of Business NH Magazine and recognized at this networking event.

A keynote speaker will address NH's environmental challenges and possible solutions. The winning companies will share their environmentally-sound practices with companies looking to make their businesses more eco-friendly while improving their bottom lines.

Please join us in celebrating green companies at this green event held in a LEED certified conference center with a green breakfast featuring free-range eggs and Fairtrade coffee!

For more information e-mail eventsNH@businessNHmagazine.com or visit http://millyardcommunications.com.

Sep 15 - Jewett Farms & Co. Continuing Education Series featuring Carlisle Wood Plank Floors

58 Merrimac Street, Newburyport, Massachusetts

Jewett Farms' Continuing Education Series gives customers an inside look at innovative, creative, and green ways to help rennovate and beautify your home. This session will feature Lynne Rafuse from Carlisle Wood Plan Floors, an FSC-certified company.

There is no registration fee, but please do call (978) 961-1538 or email studio@jewettfarms.com to R.S.V.P.

Sep 18 - Portsmouth Farmer's Market

City Hall, Portsmouth, NH

Every Saturday you can find delicious recipes and fresh produce in the city hall parking lot.  Of course you won't miss it because dozens of local farmers and business' attend every week.  For a full list, click here.  For more info, call (603) 658.0280.

Sep 19 - Heirloom Harvest Barn Dinner

Berry Hill Farm in Stratham, NH

The Chefs Collaborative, Seacoast Eat Local, and Slow Food Seacoast are pleased to invite you to attend the 2010 Heirloom Harvest Barn Dinner, a fine dining experience celebrating local sustainable food and farming. This year’s Heirloom Harvest Barn Dinner will take place on Sunday, September 19, 2010, in the barn at Berry Hill Farm in Stratham, NH. The night will begin with drinks at 4:00 p.m. and dinner at 5:00 p.m.

The Heirloom Harvest Barn Dinner, part of the RAFT Heirloom Grow-Out Project, is a celebration of biodiversity, community, farmer-chef connections, and great locally grown heirloom varieties. The celebration will feature a multi-course, seated meal in a historic four-story barn overlooking picturesque Berry Hill Farm in Stratham, NH. Led by chef Evan Mallett of the Black Trumpet Bistro, Grow-Out participant chefs each prepare a course for the meal highlighting heirloom vegetables grown by local Grow-Out participant farmers. Complete with locally produced beverages and live music emanating from the hayloft, the Heirloom Harvest Barn Dinner is a night to remember. Grow-Out farmers will be in attendance and honored at the event. Funds raised from the dinner will support continued work on the RAFT Grow-Out project.

Tickets are available for a $125 donation. Funds raised from the event will support the RAFT Heirloom Grow-Out project, which celebrates and raises awareness of agricultural biodiversity and builds community through farmer-chef connections.

You can reserve your tickets for the 2010 Heirloom Harvest Barn Dinner online by clicking here, or contact Alida at the Chefs Collaborative at 617-236-5258 or alida@chefscollaborative.org.

Another way to be at the Barn Dinner is to volunteer! Preparation for the celebration is already well underway and volunteers are needed. They would love to see some familiar faces from last year, and meet some new folks volunteering. Contact Erin Ehlers at foodguide@seacoasteatlocal.org to sign up to help. This was a fantastic and sold-out event last year, and a great way to be involved with the local food community!

Sep 19 - Kittery PTA Seaside 4-Miler

Fort Foster, Kittery Point

Arrrrrr....you ready for a "4 Miler", matey? The Kittery PTA is inviting pirates young and old from far and wide for a showdown to see who is the fastest pirate on seacoast! Awards will be given to runners in multiple age categories including the fastest female pirateon the Seacoast, fastest male pirate on the Seacoast, and best dressed pirate. So don’t be a scallywag and miss the race, $15 pre-registration and $20 race day registration! Free t-shirts to the first 100 registrants!

Runners, don't forget to look for the Green Alliance, who is sponsoring the race, and take advantage of a great opportunity to join the GA and receive a Green Card at a discounted rate!! 

To register today, click here!

For more information or race directions contact Susan Johnson: 207-439-9904, s_h_johnson@comcast.net or Kendra Downs: 207-439-3347, kendra-downs@comcast.net.
 

Sep 21 - Hampton Farmers Market

289 Lafayette Rd, Hampton, NH 03842, in the Sacred Heart Church parking lot

The Seacoast Growers Association (SGA) has provided the seacoast region of New Hampshire with a marketplace for fresh local produce, handcrafted goods, and homemade foods and beverages. From a humble beginning of several farmers cooperating to better market their goods, to its present form as a registered New Hampshire non-profit managing six area Farmers’ Markets, including over fifty vendors, the organization has maintained its goal and values. And we're still growing! Come join the SGA at there Hampton, NH marketplace every Tuesday, for more information visit the SGA at www.seacoastgrowers.org.

Sep 22 - Dover Farmers Market

The Dover Chamber of Commerce at the Corner of Central and Sixth st. in Dover, NH

The Dover Farmers' Market is very happy to have found a new home! SGA extends sincere thanks to The Dover Chamber of Commerce for reaching out and working with us so well to make this new, great location a reality. Come enjoy all the baked goods, local roasted coffee, pies & cakes, fresh local heirloom vegetables, cut flowers, fruit and so much more at the Dover Farmers Market.

Sep 25 - The Second Annual New Hampshire Lobster and Fish Festival

105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth, NH Prescott Park

The second annual New Hampshire Lobster and Fish Festival is taking place at Prescott Park. Even though New Hampshire has a paltry 18 miles of coastline, the Granite State is home to a 400-year old fishing industry. This festival seeks to educate festival-goers about our native fishing industry and the marine life that makes it all possible. The Smuttynose and Portsmouth Brewery will be among 18 restaurants serving delicious local seafood. The event is free.

Click here to learn more.

Sep 25 - Kids' Clothing Swap

Portsmouth Public Library, Levenson Room, 175 Parrott Avenue, Portsmouth, NH 03801

Bring a bag of gently used, clean items and leave with a bag of new-to-you items. In the spirit of giving they encourage participants to give more than they get.

All leftover clothing and accessories will be donated to Goodwill.

For more information visit www.cityofportsmouth.com/library.

Sep 25 - Portsmouth Farmer's Market

City Hall, Portsmouth, NH

Every Saturday you can find delicious recipes and fresh produce in the city hall parking lot.  Of course you won't miss it because dozens of local farmers and business' attend every week.  For a full list, click here.  For more info, call (603) 658.0280.

Sep 27 - Durham Farmer's Market

Bagelry parking lot, 7 Mill Rd, Durham, NH

Sep 29 - Dover Farmers Market

The Dover Chamber of Commerce at the Corner of Central and Sixth st. in Dover, NH

The Dover Farmers' Market is very happy to have found a new home! SGA extends sincere thanks to The Dover Chamber of Commerce for reaching out and working with us so well to make this new, great location a reality. Come enjoy all the baked goods, local roasted coffee, pies & cakes, fresh local heirloom vegetables, cut flowers, fruit and so much more at the Dover Farmers Market.

Oct 02 - Portsmouth Farmer's Market

City Hall, Portsmouth, NH

Every Saturday you can find delicious recipes and fresh produce in the city hall parking lot. Of course you won't miss it because dozens of local farmers and business attend every week. For a full list, click here. For more info, call (603) 658.0280.