Food
Fear of lawsuits make states slow to require GMO labels Wednesday, 19 June 2013 15:40 |  Written by Larry Clow
Laws requiring labels for foods that contain genetically modified organisms are gaining traction slowly in state legislatures across the country. This month, lawmakers in Connecticut and Maine passed laws requiring labels for genetically modified foods—but before those laws can take effect, a number of other states have to pass similar laws. Why? Because states are nervous about lawsuits from Monsanto and other bioengineering companies that create GMOs. That skittishness is one of the reasons that a GMO-labeling bill in the New Hampshire legislature was retained in a House committee earlier this year. State Rep. Maureen Mann (D-Deerfield), the primary sponsor of HB 660, said the House Environment and Agriculture Committee was “pretty divided” about what to do with the bill.
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Gleaners wantedWednesday, 19 June 2013 15:31 | Written by staff
Through a new grant from NH Farm to School, Seacoast Eat Local will be coordinating gleaning projects in the Seacoast region this summer, making a connection between local farms, gardeners, and other producers, and the many food pantries in the area.
Eat your lawnWednesday, 05 June 2013 00:00 | Written by staff
Three new edible garden tours this summer—throughout Portsmouth, Kittery and Rollinsford—will showcase Seacoast homeowners making a shift from weeding the lawn to eating the lawn. “Everywhere, people are doing everything they can to find ways to eat from their own landscape, from growing orchards to berries to poultry,” says John Forti of Slow Food Seacoast.
A new hook for local fishThursday, 30 May 2013 12:18 | Written by Annah Todd
a new community supported fishery service will help the local catch get to local plates Who knew that buying local could be so complicated? A staggering 98 percent of the fish caught locally are exported out of state, says Josh Wiersma, sector manager of NH Groundfish Sectors, Northeast Fisheries Sectors XI and XII. But this month, he and others are taking a step to tip the scales in favor of local plates by creating a large-scale “community supported fishery,” or CSF, modeled on community supported agriculture. They are pre-selling weekly shares of locally landed seafood to be delivered starting in June.
Black Trumpet owners will launch new restaurant in NewmarketWednesday, 15 May 2013 00:00 | Written by staff
Revolutions begin in bars, and the best inventions have emerged from garages, note Evan and Denise Mallett in their announcement of a new restaurant they are scheduled to open in August. Hopestill Garage, on the site of the former Riverdale garage at 66 Main St. in Newmarket, will harness both of these traditions by using the innovation of their new restaurant to fuel the local food revolution.
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