Community supported agriculture lets people subscribe to a farm for a season, receiving a weekly basket of produce.

Most CSAs ask that members pay for the season upfront, but some accept weekly or monthly payments.. . . (read more)

I have moved around a lot so I don't always know where to go to find information on farmers/producers of locally grown/produced food and/or restaurants that focus on local. Any suggests now that I. . . (read more)

Organic foods are grown according to certain production standards, which include prohibiting the use of pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, sewage sludge, genetically modified organisms or ionizing radiation. Livestock and animals that produce dairy and eggs are. . . (read more)

Each year, an estimated 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide. That comes out to over 1 million per minute. Billions end up as litter each year.

And paper bags aren’t free of. . . (read more)

Says Planet Green: “Scoop up your doggie doo in biodegradable poop bags so your buddy’s No. 2 isn’t immortalized in a plastic bag, while deep-sixed in a landfill somewhere for hundreds of years.” And for. . . (read more)

If you haven't heard of the New Hampshire Carbon Challenge, it's worth checking out:

The program's goal is to "educate, inspire and support sustained reductions in residential energy consumption."

One of the best things about the website,. . . (read more)

A reader sent this to us:
reuse reuse and reuse, think of creative ways to take something you want to throw away and change it with color, fabric and or wood. you. . . (read more)

edible White Mountains will premiere in June as a statewide publication dedicated solely to local foods and sustainable communities.
edible White Mountains will explore the farmers, food artisans and culinary wonders that make eating local. . . (read more)

Only about 5 to 15 percent of the bugs in your yard are pests. “Good bugs,” like the ground beetle and the green lacewing, help control pests, says the EPA.
Be sure you need a. . . (read more)

According to the state Department of Environmental Services, some batteries are hazardous waste because of their toxic contents and reactive properties.
Alkaline batteries sold after 1996 have no mercury and may be thrown away. These. . . (read more)

Compact fluorescent bulbs, or CFLs, are much more energy efficient than regular incandescent bulbs, but they contain a very small amount of mercury sealed within the glass tubing – an average of 5 milligrams, or. . . (read more)

Because we at GreenGuideNH.com never cease working to bring you more information, readers, this weekend we made a special trip to The Farmers Diner in Quechee, Vt., purely for research purposes. If you haven't been. . . (read more)