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Business owners and interested citizens are invited to attend a Monadnock Buy Local Information Session:

• KEENE: Keene Public Library, Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 7pm.
• PETERBOROUGH:  Toadstool Bookstore, Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 7pm.

Be sure to take advantage of Hannah Grimes Center's Business Education Offerings for March 2010.

March 2010 Workshop Flyer

Innovate, Connect & Thrive with Hannah Grimes Center.

The Cheshire County Conservation District and the Hannah Grimes Center are partnering to offer two forums focusing on the experiences and needs of farmers in the Monadnock Region on Thursday, February 11, 2010 10am - 1pm and Wednesday, February 24, 2010 10am - 1pm at the Keene Public Library in Keene.

“Our sales this season are up 15 percent over the same period last year,” said Megan Parker, manager of Hannah Grimes Marketplace, which sells locally crafted and grown products from its store in downtown Keene. “I think people are really trying to help the community and they understand that buying local is better.”

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The Hannah Grimes Center will host its Ninth Annual Gathering on January 27, 2010, 5:30 - 7:30pm at Stonewall Farm in Keene. 

Enjoy food, drink, music, news and fun with members & friends of the Hannah Grimes Center and Marketplace.  To register for this free event, visit http://www.hannahgrimes.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=271 or call 603-352-5063.

Monadnock citizens and local business owners are invited to help grow a grassroots movement in our region: Monadnock Buy Local (MBL).

A MBL Steering Committee is forming and current members are reaching out to towns beyond Keene to make this truly a regional effort.  A Monadnock Buy Local Information Session is scheduled for Monday, November 16 at 8:30am at the Robertson Building for Non-Profit's Conference Room, 15 Eagle Court in Keene. For more information, contact MonadnockBuyLocal@gmail.com.

The Hannah Grimes Center will offer a free sampling of its proven business development program, The Entrepreneur Project, designed to give business owners the skills, resources, and support they need to reach their business goals.  The Entrepreneur Project sampling and information session is on Thursday, November 12, 2009 from 10a.m. to 12p.m. at the Hannah Grimes Center at 25 Roxbury Street in Keene.   Business Coach Helaine Iris and two graduates of the program will host this event.
 
The Entrepreneur Project is for business owners who want to:

October 22, 2009 - Hannah Grimes Center announces four additions to its Board of Directors for 2009: Jason Chagnon, Amanda Costello, Tim Maney and Linda Peruzzi.
 
"This Board of Directors includes a talented group of individuals, with a variety of backgrounds, all supporting the vision and mission of the Hannah Grimes Center," said Board of Directors President, Don Brehm.

Ken McGee will offer the workshop Insurance Basics for Small Business Owners on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Hannah Grimes Center in Keene, NH.

Topics include:

    * How do I protect my business with insurance?
    * What insurance do I really need?
    * How can I quickly evaluate an insurance policy?
    * What changes when I hire employees?
    * How can risk management principles save me money both now and over the long term?

Judy Wicks, a pioneering voice in the local economy movement for over thirty years, will deliver a keynote address on November 4, 2009 to commence the Keene State College Seventh Biennial Symposium "From Local to Global."  Wicks will inspire individuals to reassess their everyday actions to break through conventional consumer and producer roles and create a more sustainable and humane economic structure. The talk will take place on Thursday evening November 4 at 8pm in the Mable Brown Room, Lloyd P. Young Student Center.  
 

The Monadnock Localvore Project will host a Gleaning Workshop at Alyson's Orchard on Sunday, October 4, 2009 from 2 to 4p.m. in Walpole, NH.  Gleaning is the harvesting of excess or unmarketable produce from a farm and distributing it to those in need.  Participants will learn about gleaning initiatives in New Hampshire and Vermont while connecting with others who are passionate about local food, farming, and building a healthy community where everyone has access to fresh local food.

Posted on the Brattleboro Reformer
By BOB AUDETTE

Eating healthy. Supporting local farms. Growing your own food. Raising backyard chickens.  It’s all the rage now and for good reason.

People have become more and more concerned about the food they consume, where it comes from and how it’s grown. They are also concerned about the rapid disappearance of family farms around the country, especially right here in New England.