Business of Agriculture: Winter Greens
We’re experimenting with growing greens like kale and spinach on our farm this winter, and right about now, I’m thinking I should have my head examined. If the door to the greenhouse isn’t frozen solid on a typical morning, I know my fingers soon will be. Despite an occasional frozen thumb, the experiment is showing signs of life, not just on our farm but on farms across the valley and the country. Primarily this is thanks to the...
D-H Merger Puts Strain on Harvest Hill
Lebanon — The pending absorption of Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital into the sprawling medical care system operated by Dartmouth-Hitchcock will leave a nonprofit owner of housing for affluent Upper Valley seniors standing on its own in an increasingly competitive marketplace. That could be challenging for Alice Peck Day Lifecare Center Inc., the financially strapped affiliate of the hospital with the same name. APD Lifecare, with an...
