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Hands-On Chicken Processing Clinic

This is a hands-on clinic where you will learn how to process your own broiler chicken. Two qualified instructors and Dot Perkins from the UNH Corporate Extension will provide hands-on, step by step instructions on how to process a chicken. You will go home with a broiler ready to cook or freeze. Sign up early, space is limited.

Workshop will be at Song-Away Farm in Loudon. 

There is a $45 fee for each participant.  Each participant may bring a partner for another $5 fee.

What: Valdimir Hromis from VH Energy will be presenting a workshop on solar energy. Topics such as what equipment is needed, how systems work, what programs are available, etc. will be discussed. Bring you questions and learn how you can be more sustainable by using solar energy in your home or farm.

When: November 3^rd at 6:30 PM. (Please note: the Loudon Agriculture Commission monthly meeting will be moved to 6:00pm and will adjourn at the start of the workshop.)

What: This is a hands-on clinic where you will learn how to use the Small and Beginner Farmer's NH (SBFNH) Mobile Poultry Processing Unit.  We will process up to three turkeys during this workshop so you will learn from start to finish (including clean up) how to process your own birds.

Where: 59 Plateau Ridge Rd, Loudon, NH

When: Sunday Sept 18, 1-4pm

Register here

The meeting of Thursday, July 7, 2016 (7:00pm) will be at Doug Towle's home so that the board can undergo website training. Subsequent meetings will be held at the regular venue (Charlie's Barn).

The Loudon Agriculture Commission is excited to offer the following upcoming workshop for 2016.  Paid for in part with funds provided by the New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, Markets & Food:

Hands-On Chicken Processing Clinic

Where: Song Away Farm – Old Shaker Rd. Loudon, NH

How do I register? Please register here. 

The Loudon Agriculture Commission is excited to offer this workshop for 2016:

The Quack on Ducks

Where: Charlie’s Barn, Behind the Town Office, Loudon, NH

How do I register? The event is free but please register here.

When: Sunday, May 22, 2016, 2PM

From: "Ouellette, Amy"
Date: March 24, 2016 at 2:58:39 PM EDT
To: CE Food and Ag - All Staff
Subject: something to pass on to livestock producers

Hello Food and Ag,

If we raise them, I can sell them…that’s the message I gave to Dennis when he hesitated about getting layer hens. He worried that if I bought too many chicks we’d have an abundance of eggs with no way to get rid of them. Silly man.

Truth is people LOVE fresh eggs and with the bird flu going around out west, the cost of store bought eggs continues to rise and since it takes on average 148 days for eggs to get to your local store shelves, local eggs are just fresher. You can see and taste the difference. Free-range chicken eggs, like ours, are healthier for you, too.

The Merrimack County Conservation District is taking orders for New Hampshire raised, disease free rainbow and brook trout. By ordering this spring, your trout can adjust to your pond over the summer and grow to become a tasty feast for you and your family.  Order by April 22nd and the pick-up date will be on Sunday, May 1st.