Through a partnership between the Cheshire County Conservation District, National Center for Appropriate Technology, and the Hannah Grimes Center for Entrepreneurship, a second cohort of New Hampshire farm businesses have participated in our seven-week business planning course which aims to strengthen and transform farm business through the creation of a business plan. 

Through this course, all participants have worked hard to ensure the sustainability of their businesses, and in turn, our local food system! 

As all our Business Labs, this course concludes with the Pitch event at the Hannah Grimes Center for Entrepreneurship.

We hope that you will join us to honor and celebrate this dedicated and talented cohort! 

Our celebration will take place at the Hannah Grimes Center for Entrepreneurship: 25 Roxbury St, Keene, NH 03431

Evening Agenda:

5:00 PM - Networking, Food & Drink

5:30 PM - Farm Business Lab Pitches

• Amanda Allen, Woods and Weiland Farm
• Melissa Spencer, Ripple Cut Flower Farm
• Gerianne Fierro, Lucky 13 Farm
• Jean Balamuth, Cook Hill Farm
• Katherine Woodard, Woodard's Sugar House
• Anthony Muene, Two Mountain Farm
• Hans Mayer, Farthest Field Farm
• David Hoffman, Seward Mountain Farm
• Louis Plante, Bear Mountain Maple
• Owen Kohout, Mountain Ed's Orchard
• Lauren Hubele, Gemmo Forest

7:00 PM - Networking, Food & Drink

This opportunity, sponsored by the New Hampshire Department of Agriculture and the Markets & Food USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant Program, ensures that these dedicated specialty crop producers build strong and resilient farm businesses that will continue to support and uplift the community into the future!