New Hampshire is blessed with an abundance of small independent farms. The best tomato I’ve ever tasted came from Tim Gallagher’s Windswept Farm in Salisbury. The eggs we get from Cedartree Farm, also in Salisbury, are so delicious that they’ve ruined eggs for me elsewhere. Donna and Phil at Huntoon Farm in Danbury have great meat, and like so many other farmers, they have become friends.

We recently got to know Lorna Carlisle and her North of Concord Farm on Route 4 in Salisbury, across from the Barn Store.

Lorna’s farm is a riot of color, masses of flowers that frame fruit and vegetable beds, through which Lorna is constantly in motion, snipping and collecting flowers and veggies in her basket, laughing and talking about which plants did well this year, what she plans to introduce next year, and the classes she plans to give.

The farm keeps Lorna busy, and she is also running to be our State Rep for Andover, Salisbury, Danbury, Webster, and Hill, in partnership with Ken Wells, and David Nesbitt, the flotarial candidate.

When I asked her why, she said “Teachers and schools, healthcare workers, reproductive rights – they’re under attack. We need climate action, we must protect our voting rights. Our democracy is at risk. I just had to do something about it.”

We need Lorna’s decency, her common sense, and her energy in the State House.
I hope you’ll join us in voting for Lorna Carlisle and Ken Wells to represent us in District 5 and David Nesbitt to represent us in District 26.