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Some of our local food banks have closed, and when the “Big Beautiful Bill” cuts to food assistance programs kick in, food insecurity is going to become even more widespread. My friend Lorraine Rodier, owner of Smith's farm as started a kickstarter campaign to open a commercial kitchen to provides free meals to the community. If you enjoy my daily posts you can show your appreciation by throwing a few bucks at her kickstarter campaign. Let’s make sure that no one goes hungry in our community.
No one should go hungry when the land can feed us all.
At Farm to Food Bank, we’re turning rescued livestock, locally grown produce, and a legacy of farming into something much bigger — a community-powered solution to hunger. We're building a commercial kitchen and soup kitchen on our family farm in New Ipswich, NH — a place where nutritious meals are cooked with compassion, and where every plate tells a story of hope, community, and resilience.
Our Roots: A Farm with a Mission
Our farm was started in 1975 by my grandparents and has fed families, taught kids, and built community for generations. After years of hardship and healing and, we’re reclaiming its legacy with renewed purpose. Today, we're raising livestock that would otherwise be discarded, growing real food on our own soil, and turning every harvest into a gift for someone in need.
We believe in feeding people — not with leftovers, but with love. Not with charity, but with dignity.
What We’re Building (And Why It Matters)
We’re asking for your help to raise $79,000 to build a fully licensed commercial kitchen and soup kitchen space on our farm.
This kitchen will:
Serve free, hot, home-cooked meals nightly and offer take home seasonal foods and meats.
Support our Farm to Food Bank program — from byproduct livestock to donated beef, pork, vegetables, and more.
Become a resource for other small farms, homesteads, and food vendors to prepare value added products and sell their goods safety and legally to a larger market. This will provide stability for our local producers as well as strengthen our local food supply.
Power our long-term need of a year-round indoor free to vend community market and vendor row for outdoor months. This again adds stability to our community as a whole.
Right now, we cook meals from home and from borrowed spaces in sea on only. But demand is growing, and our community deserves more. With your support, we can build a permanent, safe, and welcoming space to teach, cook and serve real food with purpose.
From Bottle Calves to Full Plates
Part of our mission is raising “byproduct” dairy calves — animals often discarded by the commercial dairy system — with care, patience, and love. These calves are bottle-fed, nurtured, and grown into steers that provide food for the food bank and lessons for every visitor who meets them.
They represent the heart of what we’re doing: nothing and no one is disposable.
Our project also includes forest raised hogs, goats, laying hens, ducks, garden beds, perennial fruits and nuts and partnerships with other local farms. Together, we're rebuilding a food system without supply chain issues or distributions that serves the many — not just the few. Our farm is open to the public and every interaction provides an opportunity to bring the community closer to agriculture and know their food supply.
How You Can Help:
Your pledge supports:
Materials and construction of a commercial kitchen space
Commercial-grade appliances and refrigeration
Food pantry and meal distribution setup
Infrastructure for soup nights, farm-to-table meals, and indoor markets
Even a small donation helps us move forward. We’ve already raised over $10,000 through grassroots community events and selling of our farm raised goods. Now, we’re asking you — our larger circle — to help finish what we started. We can't get this going alone but together we can truly be a village.
