On Wednesday mornings, Morgana Isenberg can be found arranging produce and flowers. With the help of volunteers, she packs bags of fresh produce, dairy and eggs. She readies bouquets of hand-cut flowers. Then she waits for the cars to start rolling in. The drive-through farmer’s market, which is free and open to the public, is […]
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Robin Wittemann describes herself as a “facilitator of things.” That’s an understatement. Robin is the director of Baby Steps Family Assistance, a human services nonprofit that provides food, clothing, and other necessities to Claremont-area families and seniors. Many of their clients have recently left a shelter and are trying to get their feet under them
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John Collier is fascinated by blueberries. It’s been that way since he was a child growing up in the Catskills near a mountaintop carpeted in lowbush blueberries. When his family moved to New Hampshire, they brought some of the bushes along, and bought some high bushes to add to the mix. Fast forward a few
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Mud season has arrived, which means gardening season is right around the corner! The Willing Hands garden team is busy planning for the upcoming season at our four plots: the Willing Hands Garden at Cedar Circle Farm, the Farmacy Garden at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, 198 Church Street and Goodrich Four Corners.ย ย The gardens play an important role
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Jane & Charlie A few years ago, Jane Finlay and Charlie Lindner crouched over a row of kale at a local farm. It was 40 degrees and raining, but they were determined to glean every last leaf. Jane and Charlie, who have been volunteering with Willing Hands since they retired in 2018, laugh as they
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Donate a CSA share to Willing Hands Have you ever eaten a juicy grape tomato straight off the vine? Or crunched into an ear of perfectly sweet corn? Those are just a few of the pleasures available to folks in our community who can afford to purchase locally-grown produce and CSA shares. But for many,
