Over $1 million distributed to NH Farms since 2022!

Brentwood, NH(June 16, 2025) – The 10 New Hampshire Conservation Districts announce over $337,000 in grants to forty-four awardees for the 2025 NH Conservation Districts Climate Resilience Grant. Farms receiving awards are located across the state and represent a wide variety of agricultural industries; they include diversified vegetable producers, organic dairy farms, seafood farms, pasture-based livestock producers, equine farms, cut flower farms, and berry growers.

In its fifth grant round, the New Hampshire Conservation Districts Climate Resilience Grant has distributed over $1 million in funds to support farms throughout the Granite State!

The 2025 grant round was highly competitive. From the total applicant pool, 44 farms were awarded, representing all 10 counties and 37 towns across New Hampshire. 17 of these farms identify with the US Department of Agriculture definition of historically underserved, including beginner farmers, limited resource farmers, socially disadvantaged farmers, and Veteran farmers. Awarded farms will implement a diversity of climate resilient projects. 14 of these projects specifically target energy improvements while the other 30 projects focus on drought resilient irrigation systems, management practices that build soil health and help sequester carbon in the soil, and shifts in agricultural management that prioritize the ecological integrity of NH such as integrated pest management and riparian plantings.

 We are pleased to announce the following farms as the 2025 Climate Resilience Grant Awardees: HT Farms in Belmont, Picnic Rock Farm in Meredith, MariMark Farms in Tilton, Hollow Hill Farm in Tamworth, Pork Hill Farm in Ossipee, Mountain Heartbeet Farm in Tamworth, Again and Again Farm in Tamworth, Dog Days Farm in Fitzwilliam, Picadilly Farm in Winchester, Manning Hill Farm in Winchester, Stonewall Farm in Keene, Uphill Farm in Whitefield, Tellman Hill Farm in Whitefield, Northwind Farm in Stratford, Robinson Family Farm in Pittsburg, Meadowstone Farm in Bethlehem, Woods Hill Farm in Bath, Mill Brook Farm in Landaff, Green Bough Farm in North Haverhill, Granite Grains in Amherst, Hungry Bear Farm in Mason, Benedikt Dairy in Goffstown, The Educational Farm at Joppa Hill in Bedford, Faber Family Sugarhouse in Hancock, Brookdale Fruit Farm in Hollis, Lavalley Farm in Epsom, Kearsarge Gore Farm in Warner, Windswept Maples in Loudon, Off the Wall Orchard in Concord, Dandelion Forest Farm in Nottingham, Plummer Farm in Londonderry, Stout Oak Farm in Brentwood, Stuart Farm in Stratham, Swell Oyster Company in Hampton Harbor, Pinewoods Yankee Farm in Lee, Coppal House Farm in Lee, Scruton's Dairy Farm in Farmington, Tuckaway Farm in Lee, Bronson Mountain Acres in Croydon, Caravan Farm in Acworth, Carina Farm in Claremont, Daisy Hill Farm in Grantham, King Blossom Farm in Grantham, and Winter Street Farm in Claremont.

The mission of the NH Conservation Districts Climate Resilience Grant is to support and empower local farmers to build climate resilience throughout the Granite State. This will be done through reducing the impact of agriculture on climate change (mitigation) through greenhouse gas emissions reduction and carbon sequestration, and to increasing the resiliency of New Hampshire Farms in a changing climate (adaptation), while meeting farm’s conservation goals and needs. Extreme weather events, frequent and prolonged droughts, and increased pest pressures are challenging NH farms.

This climate grant though the NH County Conservation Districts seeks to support farmers in meeting those challenges. Conservation Districts created this farm viability program to improve the resilience of NH farms in the face of extreme weather events and a changing climate. Direct grants enable farms to invest in on-farm infrastructure, equipment, and innovative practices that support farm profitability and the long-term viability for NH’s agricultural sector.

This program is made possible through support from the You Have Our Trust Fund, the NH Charitable Foundation, the USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant Program through the NH Department of Agriculture, Markets, and Food, and the generosity of community members.

Interested in applying for the next grant round? Learn more and contact your local Conservation District, here!