A resourceful solution to repurpose waste and nourish farmland, or a poisonous and permanent mistake?  Depending on whom you ask, the practice of spreading treated sewage, or sludge, on New Hampshire farmland might be either. For decades, this fertilizer has been a point of contention both locally and nationwide. Now, with renewed attention on sludge’s […]

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Rob Richter of Smith Orchard in Belmont is grateful for the tax break he receives through a program designed to preserve land from development.