Product, Market, and Issue Briefs
The core of the NH Food and Agriculture Strategic Plan will consist of 27 briefs covering the products, markets, and issues that are pivotal to a thriving food system in New Hampshire. Each brief will address a specific topic through the lenses of farm viability and equity — current status, barriers, opportunities, and 3-5 specific recommendations from the authors on how to improve, advance, or address the challenges stated in each brief.
Brief recommendations will be grouped by geographic scope (national, regional, state, and county/city/town) and by sphere of influence (who has the power to take action on the recommendation) to create clear paths for action to enact change across our food system. Please view the list of brief topics below, organized into products, markets, and issues. Input from the NH Food Alliance network and food system stakeholders will inform the products, markets, and issues covered, as well as who will contribute to each brief, what issues are important to consider, what information is critical to include, and how to categorize final recommendations.
BRIEF TRACKER: PUBLIC COMMENT
Each brief below is currently being developed by a team of subject matter experts. The preliminary draft will be shared here and open for 30 days of public comment. Review the draft and provide comments via the links below as they become available. After the close of the public comment period, Lead Authors on each brief will make any changes they need necessary based upon the comments provided.
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| Brief Topic | Brief Type | Draft Comment Period | Provide Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access to Capital | Issue | Available now through 1/9/2025 | PROVIDE COMMENTS |
| Agritourism | Issue | link will appear here when draft is available; anticipated December 23, 2024. | link will appear here when open for comment |
| Animal Feed | Product | The public comment period is closed. | |
| Climate Resilience & Disaster Relief | Issue | link will appear here when draft is available; anticipated December 23, 2024. | link will appear here when open for comment |
| Craft Beverages | Product | The public comment period is closed. | |
| Dairy | Product | The public comment period is closed. | |
| Direct to Consumer & Consumer Education | Market | The public comment period is closed. | |
| Farm Business Technical Assistance | Issue | The public comment period is closed. | |
| Farmland Conservation, Access & Succession | Issue | link will appear here when draft is available; anticipated December 23, 2024. | link will appear here when open for comment |
| Food Hubs & Collaborative Marketing | Issue | Available now through 1/2/2025 | Provide comments |
| Food Systems Literacy, Early Childhood and School-Aged Children | Issue | The public comment period is closed. | |
| Food Waste | Issue | The public comment period is closed. | |
| Fruit & Vegetables | Product | link will appear here when draft is available; anticipated December 23, 2024. | link will appear here when open for comment |
| Grocery Stores & Food Cooperatives | Market | The public comment period is closed. | |
| Home & Community Gardens | Issue | The public comment period is closed. | |
| Institutional Markets | Market | Available now through 1/15/2025 | Provide comments |
| Labor & Workforce | Issue | Available now through 1/15/2025 | Provide comments |
| Land Use Planning | Issue | The public comment period is closed. | |
| Meat & Eggs | Product | The public comment period is closed. | |
| Nutrition Access & Security | Issue | link will appear here when draft is available; anticipated December 23, 2024. | link will appear here when open for comment |
| Production Techniques for Sustainable Ecosystems | Issue | Available now through 1/2/2025 | Provide comments |
| Restaurants | Market | Available now through 1/15/2025 | Provide Comments |
| Seafood | Product | The public comment period is closed. | |
| Soil & Water | Issue | The public comment period is closed. | |
| Specialty & Emerging | Product | link will appear here when draft is available; December 23, 2024. | link will appear here when open for comment |
| Supporting Future & Beginning Farmers | Issue | Available now through 1/2/2025 | Provide Comments |
| Value Added Processing & Co-Manufacturing | Issue | The public comment period is closed. |
