Wasted Food

Recommendation Goal Brief Topic Type of Action
Launch an outreach and education program focused on wasted food awareness and prevention
Launch an ongoing, state-led public outreach and education program focused on wasted food awareness and prevention, housed within NHDES.
Tag: State Agencies, Communities/Consumers, State/NH
 Engagement & Education, Natural Resources & Climate Wasted Food Program creation, support, or expansion
Replicate the Composting Association of Vermont’s program on farms
Locate, replicate, and scale the Composting Association of Vermont’s program on farms in New Hampshire, including toolkits, grants, and ongoing…
Tag: Technical Assistance Providers, Farm, Fish, or Food Business, Funders/Investors, State/NH
 Natural Resources & Climate Wasted Food Resource/tool creation, support or expansion, Program creation, support, or expansion, Investment/Funding
Invest in commercial composting and anaerobic digestion
Invest in the development of in-state commercial composting and anaerobic digestion.
Tag: State Agencies, State/NH
 Natural Resources & Climate Wasted Food Program creation, support, or expansion, Investment/Funding
Expand the statewide food waste ban
The ban expansion could incrementally include all wasted food disposal (i.e., the Massachusetts Commercial Food Material Disposal Ban and the Vermont…
Tag: Legislators, State/NH
 Natural Resources & Climate Wasted Food Policy/Regulation
Establish a Food Recovery and Diversion Working Group
The working group could be created by replicating the Solid Waste Working Group’s structure. The working group could increase food recovery and…
Tag: State Agencies, Legislators, Funders/Investors, State/NH
 Natural Resources & Climate Wasted Food Program creation, support, or expansion, Investment/Funding, Policy/Regulation