Lorna had to visit a shop in Dublin, NH, so we took advantage of that locale to explore that corner of the Granite State from the Massachusetts border through Jaffrey north as far as Route 101, and from Peterborough west to the Vermont border. There's a lot to see there, but you have to cover some ground to get to it.

The Monadnock area works to sustain their local economy, including several deep commitments to local farms and artisans like Sawyer's Artisanal Cheese of Walpole. 

In the eastern end of the region at Peterborough, Nature's Greengrocer provides a center for local produce, cheeses, and meats, and also for communication and locavore community building.

To the west, Keene is the market center for the region. It has many fine restaurants and two shops on Main Street of particular interest to foodies: Hannah Grimes Marketplace is all locavore dairy, meat, and other products and a nexus of the community, while Your Kitchen Store is a top-shelf purveyor of knives, pans, and gadgets for the kitchen.

There's more! Coming soon is a new Monadnock Food Coop which should help provide focus for an already-energized and vibrant community. Not far from downtown Keene, Stonewall Farm is a thriving concern, a working farm with facilities for tourists to visit and for events. Keep an eye on Keene and the Mount Monadnock region as a day-trip destination!