Save Vernon Family Farm: Support Local Agriculture

Hi! We are the Vernon Family, owners of Vernon Family Farm, a 1st generation, pastured livestock farm in Newfields, NH, a tiny town on the Seacoast of NH. We started our farm 10 years ago with a big dream to make an incredible impact in our area of New England. We are humbled to ask for help at this time but have no other choice. 

We are fundraising to save our family farm after three challenging years of legal battles with town regulatory boards and now a concerted effort by neighbors to halt our operations. Three direct abutter properties have hired a team of lawyers from one of the largest firms in NH to sue us in court and investigate our licenses and approvals to operate our farm. This follows the neighbors and their team of lawyers challenging our operations at the Selectboard, then the Conservation Commission, and then the Zoning Board, all this year—again. For our family farm, this has been and continues to be extremely costly in every possible way.

Farming is our livelihood, but it’s about more than just food for us; it’s about providing our community with a positive space to connect with local agriculture. Our farm provides thousands of individuals with local, fresh food, year round, grown on our own pastured and our farm storesupports 50 other local businesses and family farms. Our chicken is often featured on restaurant menus throughout NH. Our agritourism events provide people of all ages with the opportunity to see where their food comes from and eat food raised mere feet away from their plates.

Despite the obstacles and the mental health challenges we have endured caused by these challenges, we’re committed to farming but we need your help to overcome legal hurdles, alleviate rising costs, and support upcoming projects. Your support is vital in preserving this farm and the values it represents.

We are grateful for any contribution.

With love,

Nicole, Jeremiah, the Vernon girls, and our farm crew