Report # 11
September 25, 2009

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL REPORT
By Raymond S. Burton

There has been much discussion this summer and fall about growing and harvesting food on farmlands.  Earlier this year, the Governor and Executive Council were presented a book written by Jeremy Lougee of New Hampton, NH entitled, Sustaining Agriculture in the Granite State.

Jeremy is a student at UNH and wrote this well written 54 page book urging citizens to restore and sustain agriculture in NH. It is really a guide to restoring our local foods, farms and independence throughout the state. Our former NH Commissioner of Agriculture often reminded us that 96% of our food comes from out of state.

Our current Commissioner of Agriculture, Lorraine Merrill, is busy touring NH and visiting county farm lands urging even our own State Prison Farm Industry administrators to grow more!!

New Hampshire’s ten counties own some 8000 acres of land much of which can be used to grow food and market it for additional revenue.

Invite Jeremy to speak at a local civic group-you'll be very pleased and inspired by what he has to say!. I'm proud to be one of his public servants in New Hampshire.

Jeremy - 603-969-7065

Represents all the towns and cities in Coos and Grafton counties as well as the cities and towns of Albany, Alton, Bartlett, Belmont, Center Harbor, Charlestown, Chatham, Claremont, Conway, Cornish, Croydon, Eaton, Effingham, Freedom, Gilford, Grantham, Hale's Location(unincorporated place), Hart's Location, Jackson, Laconia, Madison, Meredith, Moultonborough, New Hampton, Newport, Ossipee, Plainfield, Sanbornton, Sandwich, Springfield, Sunapee, Tamworth, Tilton, Tuftonboro, Wakefield, and Wolfeboro.

For additional information on the cities and towns in this district, go to www.nh.gov/municipal/.

Councilor Burton may be contacted at two locations: his State House Office at 603-271-3632, rburton@nh.gov;and at his home office at 747-3662, ray.burton@myfairpoint.net.