Agricultural Commission

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An advisory committee created to ensure proper recognition, promotion, enhancement, encouragement, use, management, and protection of agriculture and agricultural resources in the interest of the economic prosperity, cultural and aesthetic enrichment, natural resource protection, and general welfare of the community.

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  • Active Members

      First Name Last Name Type Term Expiration
    1 Aaron Moody Regular 12/31/2019
    2 Mark Florenz Regular 12/31/2020
    3 Charles Daloz Regular 12/31/2020
    4 Position Vacant Regular  
    5 Position  Vacant Regular  
    6 Allen Raymond Regular 12/31/2021
    7 Kira Wadsworth Regular 12/31/2021
    8 Position Vacant Alternate  
             
      Last Updated: 11/24/2020    

  • Resources

    • Books

      • Bubel, Mike and Nancy.  Root Cellaring.  Storey Publishing, 1991.
      • Chase and Grubinger.   Food, Farm and Community:  Exploring Food Systems.   (2014)
      • Lappe, Francis Moore.   Diet For a Small Planet (1971)
      • Moore, Michele.  Hungry Neighbors – Hunger & Hope in Northern New England.  (2015)*
      • Nestle, Marion.  Eat Drink Vote, An Illustrated Guide to Food Politics   (2013)
      • Nestle, Marion.  Safe Food:  The Politics of Food Safety.  (2010)
      • Robin, Marie Monique.  The World According to Monsanto.  (2012)
      • Vandana Shiva.  Stolen Harvest:  Hijacking the Global Food Suppy – (2000)
      • Safe Food:  The Politics of Food Safety – Marion Nestle (2010)
      • Paarlberg, Robert L.  Food Politics:  What Everyone Needs to Know   (2010)
      • Schanbacher.  The Politics of Food:  The Global Conflict between Food Security and Food Sovreignty .  (2010)
      • Shephard, Sue.  Pickled, Potted and Canned.  How the art and Science of Food Preserving Changed the World.  Simon & Shuster. 2000.

    • Links

      Being a Good Chicken Neighbor

      Sustaining Agriculture in the Granite State

    • Rules of Procedure

      Agriculture Commission

Minutes are posted after they have been adopted by the public body.  If you do not see the set of minutes you need on the website, please contact the City Clerk’s Office.

Further Information

Contact: 603-352-5440

Agriculture in Cheshire County A Food Security Vision

Staff Liaison

Rhett W. Lamb: 603-352-5440

Schedule

Meetings are generally held the second Wednesday of each month at 3:30 PM in the 2nd Floor Committee Room at Keene City Hall.

View the City Calendar to confirm the date and time of the next meeting.

2020 Meeting Schedule

City of Keene, NH
3 Washington Street
Keene, NH 03431
 
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