Egg-citing News!
Jesse wins NH Farm Bureau Young Farmer Achievement Award
Pete and Gerrys owner/manager, Jesse Laflamme received the 2009 Young Farmer Achievement Award from the New Hampshire Farm Bureau at their annual meeting in November. The award recognizes young farmers for their pursuits in production agriculture and leadership achievement.
Jesse was awarded the use of a Kubota tractor and a New Hampshire Farm Bureau Achievement Award farm sign. He also won $500 plus an expense-paid trip to represent the state at the national American Farm Bureau Federation Convention in Seattle in January.
The New Hampshire Farm Bureau is a non-profit federation consisting of approximately 3,600 farms, rural families and their supporters. For more information on the New Hampshire Farm Bureau, visit www.nhfarmbureau.org.
Oarganic Fuel™ at the Head of the Charles Regatta
Pete and Gerry's partnered with Barowsky's Organic Bread and Stonyfield Farm Organic Yogurt to sponsor the first Big Organic Breakfast Bar at the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston. We served athletes and spectators a nutritious, all-organic breakfast with the proceeds going to The Carrot Project, an innovative Boston-area nonprofit that creates micro-loans for small farmers. more ->
New Fall Photo Gallery
Fall brings cool crisp nights, gorgeous foliage and the annual scarecrow contest to Monroe. Take a look at our new Fall Photo Gallery by Karl Johnson.
International agricultural officials visit Pete and Gerry's
Agricultural officials from 23 countries around the world recently visited Pete and Gerry's as part of a tour of New England food and agricultural businesses. Along with a tour of the farm, participants enjoyed a delicious lunch prepared by a Monroe women's group. more ->
Organic Italian Frittata with Asparagus
This delicious recipe comes to us all the way from Sydney, Australia where Belinda Randell publishes a blog called The Organic Cook. more ->
Winter Gardens give hens outside access
New Hampshire is known for cold and snowy winters. In spring summer and fall, the doors to our barns are opened to the outside, and our hens are allowed to come and go as they please. more ->
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Pete and Gerry's is looking for your help
We are looking for New England farmers interested in joining the Pete and Gerry's Organics Family! Please contact Jesse Laflamme if your farm is interested in working together with our family to farm organic eggs. We will provide you with information about how to convert your farm to an organic egg farm as well as with necessary certification information.
The Pete & Gerry's Mission
At Pete and Gerry's, we are a family farm that has produced high quality eggs for four generations in Monroe, NH, in the heart of the White Mountains. We believe in providing you, our customer, with fresh organic, cage free, omega-3 eggs from hens that are Certified Humane. As our family farm has grown our commitment to you has remained unchanged and we hope that you will enjoy our eggs as much as we do!
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