Farming has always been a precarious and unpredictable profession. But amid increasingly extreme weather caused by climate change, economic uncertainty, and cuts at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, many local farmers say they are feeling particularly stressed right now .

“People don't really understand what it costs to grow food. And we don't have big farms like Michigan and Illinois,” said Dave Trumble, owner of the Good Earth Farm in Weare. “We are a small farm state.”

Trumble was one of several local organic farmers who gathered at Generation Farm in Concord Tuesday to share their concerns with Rep. Maggie Goodlander. They named cuts to training programs, New Hampshire’s tight real estate market and labor shortages as current challenges.

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