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Online gardening information & networks around our state and region

• Antioch University NE Community Garden Connections
• UNH Extension Gardening Resources – call for free solutions to your problem
• UVM Extension Gardening Resources
• Granite State Gardening with Emma Erler (Facebook Live Events)
• Monadnock Grows Together– FREE Tool Lending & Seeds at the Keene Public Library
• Monadnock Region Permaculture Group
• Monadnock Time Exchange website & Facebook
• Monadnock Travel Council Farm & Food page
• Monadnock Beekeepers Association
• Cheshire County 4-H
• UCONN Extension Vegetable Gardening Resources
• Gardening Basics from Kidsgardening.org
• Vermont Community Garden Network
• Composting Association of Vermont
• Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont
• Farmer’s Almanac Gardening Tips for Our Region by Month
• Cooperative Gardening Commission
• Charlie Nardozzi Victory Garden Webinar
• Soul Fire Farm Ask a Sista Farmer Weekly Q&A (Facebook Live Events)
• Fitzwilliam Garden Club
• Old Homestead Garden Club (Marlborough)

Resources for Racial Equity in Food Systems

• 21-Day Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge
• Dismantling Racism in the Food System
• Dismantling Racism in Community Food Work
• The Groundswell Center has an excellent resource page on racism and equity across the food system.

Recommended Books: Gardening, how-to

• Growing Vegetables the Big Yield/Small Space Way, by Duane Newcomb
• The Resilient Gardener: Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times, by Carol Deppe
• Vegetable Gardening in the Northeast, by Marie Ianotti
• Four-Season Harvest, by Eliot Coleman
• Almanac & Pest-Control Primer (Gardener to Gardener Series), by Rodale Books
• The Small Budget Gardener, by Maureen Gilmer
• Growing Herbs and Vegetables from Seed to Harvest, by Terry and Mark Silber
• The Community-Scale Permaculture Farm, by Josh Traught
• Edible Landscaping, by Rosalind Creasy
• Lasagna Gardening, by Patricia Lanza
• Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens, by Gail Damerow

Recommended Books: Gardening, why-to

• Tending the Earth, Mending the Spirit: The Healing Gifts of Gardening, by Connie Goldman & Richard Mahler
• Digging Deep: Unearthing Your Creative Roots Through Gardening, by Fran Sorin
• The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love, by Kristin Kimball
• The Earth Knows My Name: Food, Culture, and Sustainability in the Gardens of Ethnic Americans, by Patricia Klindienst
• The Seed Underground: A Growing Revolution to Save Food, by Janisse Ray
• Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden, by Diane Ackerman
• The Contrary Farmer’s Invitation to Gardening, by Gene Logsdon
• Fair Food: Growing a Healthy, Sustainable Food System for All, by Oran Hesterman
• Food Sovereignty: Reconnecting Food, Nature and Community, edited by Hannah Wittman, Annette Desmarais, and Nettie Wiebe

Recommended Books: Issues of local food & economy

• Eating Tomorrow: Agribusiness, Family Farmers, and the Battle for the Future of Food, by Timothy Wise
• The Town that Food Saved: How One Community Found Vitality in Local Food, by Ben Hewitt
• The Localization Reader: Adapting to the Coming Downshift, edited by Raymond De Young and Thomas Princen
• Rebuilding the Foodshed: How to Create Local, Sustainable, and Secure Food Systems, by Philip Ackerman-Leist
• Hungry Neighbors: Hunger & Hope in Northern New England, by Michele Moore
• Food & Place: A Critical Exploration, edited by Pascale Joassart-Marcelli and Fernando Bosco

Local Experts

• Contact your local library
• Contact Toadstool Bookshop: Keene, 352-8815; Peterborough, 924-3543
• Master Gardener Helpline (Ask a UNH Master Gardener your gardening questions)
• UVM Victory Garden Resource Map