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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nHarvest Local Foods doesn\u2019t just provide food to the community, it hosts regular events like the St. Patrick\u2019s Day 5K Fun Run and Dinner or the Chili Cook-off fundraiser, in November, to raise money for community needs. Briggs said the events usually involve some aspect of giving back to the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All of this started because there was a need that Briggs felt she could fill. Briggs was raised in her family\u2019s retail paint business and has a degree in agriculture, so a place like Harvest Local Foods was a perfect fit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere was something that wasn\u2019t here that was centered around agriculture, music, family, and, you know, just community,\u201d Briggs said. \u201cSomething missing that was a little different, and maybe a little unorthodox.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Briggs said a lot of it came down to timing \u2013 there has been a shift around the United States, and people are wanting to get back to their roots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI think a lot of the small downtowns in the United States kind of died out, you know, in my childhood\u201d Briggs said. \u201cI think people started taking notice that, that heritage was kind of dead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n As part of the Historic Zoning Commission, Briggs has been heavily involved in the heritage of Manchester, particularly the square. She isn\u2019t the only one involved, however. Briggs said that the changes in the square have been brought about by a group of people who have seen needs and filled them. Harvest Local Foods is no different, Briggs said; it couldn\u2019t be what it is today without the support of the Manchester community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere\u2019s no way I could ever do\u2026 anything [that] I do without their support and the support of my family and friends,\u201d Briggs said. \u201cThey\u2019re at the core of this business.\u201d –GN <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" FOR NEARLY 10 years, the owner and manager of Harvest Local Foods, lifelong Manchester resident Ellen Briggs, has been creating relationships with farmers, vendors, and customers. Before it became a storefront at the end of 2017, Harvest Local Foods was a market on the courthouse lawn. Now it is a local grocery store, popular for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":13414,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/goodnewsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image4-915x1024.jpeg\")
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