This lunch & learn session will be held at the UNH Cooperative Extension office building on Route 3, Lancaster.   Bring your lunch, we'll have coffee, and you'll get a change to catch up with fellow farmers. Highlights: 

in the morning - Sid Bosworth, UVM Agronomist on New Forage Grasses & Legumes.

in the afternoon - Pete Erickson, UNH Dairy Specialist on Managing Silage Quality.

other short topics - Corn stalk N tests, FSA crop storage loans, Dairy gross margin insurance.

*  Discover more about leadership through 4-H

*  Learn more abut the job responsibilities of a 4-H club officer

*  Learn more about volunteer leadership and new 4-H information

*  Meet others in 4-H and share your ideas

Feed and forage management for dairy and livestock production

Strategies for flexible forage and grain production on dairy and livestock farms, and tips for improving bunk silo and silage feeding management are the subjects to be discussed at the Dairy-Livestock Forage Workshop at the Thompson School, Barton Hall 134, Durham, NH on Saturday, January 17^th, 2009, (snow date January 24, 2009). This workshop was especially designed with forage and small grain producers in mind. 

            The featured speaker is Dr. Timothy Griffin, Tufts University, Boston, MA. Dr. Griffin received his Ph.D. from the Michigan State University in 1990. Currently, he is an Associate Professor at the Agriculture, Food and Environment program at Tufts University, Boston, MA. Prior to moving to this graduate program at Tufts in 2008, he was Research Agronomist at the USDA-ARS New England Plant Soil and Water Lab in Orono, ME (2000-2008) and Extension Sustainable Agriculture Specialist at the University of Maine (1992-2000). His primary interests are in organic dairy systems, long term cropping system sustainability, and the interactions between agriculture and the environment.

            Dr. Griffin will focus on effects of grain species, season, and planting date on yield and quality of small grains and other annual forages, and winter grain yields in New England Cropping systems to reduce grain purchases on organic dairy farms.

Additional speakers, Dr. Peter Erickson, Carl Majewski, and Dr. Mike Lunak are going to cover timing of corn and forage harvest for optimal silage quality, proper silo filling, packing and covering techniques and the basics of a new Livestock Gross Margin insurance program designed for dairy operators.          We will also be joined by Sue Marston, UNH graduate student, presenting grazing research data.

For registration and other information contact Tina Savage at 447-3834 or go to http://extension.unh.edu/Counties/Carroll/Carroll.htm for program information and a registration form. This seminar is sponsored by USDA/Risk Management Agency.

Teen leaders, and people who work with other youth groups, are welcome to attend.  Check our website, and watch your mailbox, for registration information.

All participants should bring:

• Sewing Machine
• Basic Sewing Supplies
• Thread to Match your Project
• Fabric Scissors
• Your Lunch

Registration Deadline:  Friday, January 9, 2009

Sewing workshop will be held at "The Whole Village", 258 Highland Street, Plymouth, NH.

All participants should bring:  sewing machine, basic sewing supplies, thread to match your project, fabric scissors, and your lunch.

Pre-registration is requred by January 9. 

Tuesdays and Thursdays: January 6 - March 26 from 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Senior-Fit is a 12-week strength-training class for limited resources adults age 40 plus to improve:
♦ Strength
♦ Balance
♦ Flexibility

Click here to view flyer

If you qualify for Food Stamps, WIC, or other Public Assistance, you qualify for this free program.

Tuesdays: January 13 - February 17 from 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM.

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN EATING RIGHT?
Learn from a professional chef and nutritionist through Operation Frontline and Nutrition Connections.

This FREE program includes:

• A FREE package of the week’s recipe ingredients will be provided at the end of several classes for you to prepare the meal at home.


• Lessons feature hands-on learning and include group discussion with instructors.


• Graduation certificate, recipe book, and other freebies provided upon completion of the program.


• Dinner — prepared by the chef and you...the class participants!

• Cooking tips and techniques - learn the tricks of the trade for making delicious healthy meals


• Tips for proper food safety and sanitation


• Updated nutrition information for health


• Budgeting meals — stretch your food $$ and maximize your resources!!


• Tips to get your kids to try new foods


• Shopping smart tips

Are you working but still struggling to make end meet?

This 5-part workshop series is for people who are concerned about their money, just starting out or struggling to make it paycheck to paycheck and who are looking to manage debt and begin saving.

 What you will learn by attending this series:

• Why you  make the financial decisions you do and how you might do things differently
• Ways to stretch the dollars you have gaining more control over spending
• Strategies on reducing debt and your debt load
• How insurance protects you and the amount of insurance you may want to buy
• Reaching goals by developing a spending/savings plan that can work for you

WHERE:     Claremont Savings Bank, Broad Street, Claremont, NH

WHEN:       Tuesdays, January 20 - February 17, 2009  -  5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

COST:        $12.00 per individual/couple - scholarships are available

If special accommodations are required to attend these programs, please tell us of your needs.

To register or for more information, contact:

Gail P. Kennedy, Extension Educator

UNH Cooperative Extension - Sullivan County

24 Main Street

Newport, NH  03773

(603) 863-9200  or E-mail:  gail.kennedy@unh.edu