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• Healthier School Lunch Guidelines revealed, Reuters January 25, 2012
• "UNH Nutrition Students Bring Healthy Food – And Producers – To Dover High." UNH Media Relations, April 21, 2011
• "Food for thought: Healthier school meals mean higher costs." Jennifer Feals, Seacoast Online, April 17, 2011
• "USDA Grant Brings Local Food To NH Schools And Institutions." UNH Media Relations, February 22, 2011
• "New Hampshire Farm to School Keeps Growing." Kate Donald, Edible White Mountains, Fall 2010
  
• "Push for more local food in schools." Shir Haberman, Hampton Union, June 29, 2010
• "Growing Local." Lindsey Cook, The Wire, June 24, 2010
  
• "New Hampshire School Children Getting Healthy by Eating Fresh, Local Food." Eleanor Baron, New Hampshire Town and City, June 2010
• "More NH schools buy locally grown food." Terry Date, Eagle Tribune, May 29, 2010
• "Seacoast schools have healthy, local options on menu." Amy Bevan, Portsmouth Herald, May 2, 2010
• "Combating Childhood Obesity in the Granite State." NHPR, April 30, 2010
• "Farm to School Program." Weekly Market Bulletin, NH Department of Agriculture, Markets & Food, February 10, 2010
• "Ending the reign of the chicken nugget." Concord Monitor, December 15, 2009
  
• "Gilford schools lead healthier youth charge." Victoria Guay, The Citizen of Laconia, December 13, 2009
• "NH panel emphasizes better food choices in schools." Foster's Daily Democrat, December 8, 2009
• "Big rains, big success for Barrington Natural Heritage and Agricultural Fair." Foster's Daily Democrat, September 23, 2009
• "Schools join USDA nutrition program. " John Quinn, Foster's Daily Democrat, September 14, 2009
• "Guest Chef: Making a Difference." Mike Buzalka, Food Management, June 1, 2009
• NHFTS receives one of five national Champions of Sustainability in Communities awards, The College Sustainability Report Card, 2009
• "Hilltop School students give healthy snacks rave reviews." Jennifer Keefe, Foster's Daily Democrat, December 23, 2008
• "What's for lunch? Area parents are pushing for healthier school lunches." Chloe Johnson, The Wire, December 4, 2008
  
• "Woodland Heights to receive funding from USDA." The Citizen of Laconia, October 31, 2008
  
• "The Sustainability Campus: Green efforts continue to grow at UNH." Adam Leech, Seacoast Online, October 12, 2008
• Renaissance: The NH Center for a Food Secure Future Newsletter. Fall 2008
  
• "UNH gets top grade on sustainability report card." UNH Media Relations, September 24, 2008
• "Hilltop Walking Club students walking their way to wellness." Foster's Daily Democrat, September 15, 2008
• "School lunch feeling the crunch: Rising food and fuel costs mean higher meal prices." Jennifer Keefe, Foster's Daily Democrat, May 4, 2008
• "North Hampton Around the Schools, March 7." Tamara Le, Seacoast Online, March 7, 200
• NHFTS Project Reports: "Toward a Community-Based Food System" Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE), 2003-2007
• "Food for Thought: N.H. Farm sells schools its just-picked produce." Taryn Plumb, The Boston Globe, October 7, 2007
• NHFTS Case Study: Get Smart Eat Local 10 District Project, September 2007
• "Sustainable YouNH." Chris Skoglund, The New Hampshire, April 30, 2007
  
• "Thinking Globally, Acting Locally." Cat Salerno, The New Hampshire, April 24, 2007
  
• "Somersworth school pushes fruits, veggies." Jennifer Keefe, Foster's Daily Democrat, April 16, 2007
• "The New School Lunch: How some schools are cooking up a healthier midday meal." Katie Brandon, Sprout, April 2007
• NH Farm to School featured in the February/March 2007 University Office of Sustainability newsletter
• NHFTS Program Highlights: Our First Three Years, 2003-2006
• NHFTS Case Study, "Going Local: Paths to Success For Farm to School Programs." Anupama Joshi , Marion Kalb and Moira Beery, December 2006
• "InnerView: NH Farm to School. NOFA-NH newsletter, Fall 2006
• "Big dreams for small farms." Paula Sullivan, The Wire, March 15-21, 2006
  
• "Schools Are New Market for New England Apples." T. Susan Chang, Good Fruit Grower Magazine, January 2005
  
• "Local orchard makes the grade." Jason Schreiber, Rockingham News, November 19, 2004
• "Local farmers produce fresh fruit for schools." Grace Olson The New Hampshire, April 9, 2004
  
• "Local university initiates program to link schools, farms." Dover Community News, March 19, 2004