Engagement & Education

Recommendation Goal Brief Topic Type of Action
Develop markets for organic and sustainable farmers and food businesses
Develop these markets by creating economic and regulatory incentives and marketing campaigns, including: Offering a tax credit for retailers who…
Tag: Legislators, Farm, Fish, or Food Business, Schools or Institutions, State/NH
 Engagement & Education, Natural Resources & Climate, Nutrition & Access Production Techniques for Sustainable Ecosystems Program creation, support, or expansion, Policy/Regulation
Enhance cultural competence in the public assistance workforce
Develop and pilot an ongoing statewide training/coaching program for all public assistance workers that trains in cultural competence to better serve…
Tag: Nonprofits, State Agencies, Funders/Investors, State/NH
 Engagement & Education, Equity & Justice Nutrition Access & Security Program creation, support, or expansion, Investment/Funding
Improve outreach and education campaigns for food assistance programs and food insecurity issues
Launch public education campaigns to raise awareness about food assistance programs and food insecurity issues, addressing stigma while providing…
Tag: Nonprofits, State Agencies, Communities/Consumers, State/NH
 Engagement & Education, Equity & Justice Nutrition Access & Security Program creation, support, or expansion, Coordination/Network development or support
Support communities to find solutions at the intersection of agriculture and housing
Investigate whether zoning regulations and conservation easements could have roles in permitting more housing units on agriculture parcels, including…
Tag: Local/Regional Government Agencies, Communities/Consumers, Farm, Fish, or Food Business, Local/Municipal
 Engagement & Education Labor & Workforce Coordination/Network development or support
Provide dedicated state, federal, and private funding for agricultural conservation easement programs and land trusts
Expand existing state and private funding programs to prioritize farmland protection projects; Secure adequate funding for the state’s Agricultural…
Tag: Funders/Investors, State Agencies, Federal Agencies, Nonprofits, Communities/Consumers, State/NH
 Engagement & Education, Farm, Fish, & Food Business Viability Farmland Conservation, Access, & Succession Program creation, support, or expansion, Investment/Funding
Produce consumer marketing to promote local food as a community issue
This marketing should emphasize the benefits of local food to personal health, local economies, the quality and freshness of local products, and the…
Tag: State Agencies, NH Dept of Agriculture, Markets, and Food, Nonprofits, State/NH
 Engagement & Education Restaurants Program creation, support, or expansion
Pass legislation that subsidizes purchases of local food by New Hampshire schools
Pass an ongoing, permanent Local Food for Local Schools Purchasing Incentive Pilot Program that subsidizes purchases of local food by New Hampshire…
Tag: Legislators, Schools or Institutions, Farm, Fish, or Food Business, State Agencies, Technical Assistance Providers, State/NH
 Engagement & Education, Farm, Fish, & Food Business Viability, Nutrition & Access Institutional Markets Program creation, support, or expansion, Policy/Regulation
Increase state support for the NH Maple Producers Association
This support, in addition to grant opportunities, would increase promotion of Maple Month in March, linking maple syrup to promotion of the foliage…
Tag: State Agencies, NH Dept of Agriculture, Markets, and Food, Funders/Investors, Farm, Fish, or Food Business, State/NH
 Engagement & Education, Farm, Fish, & Food Business Viability Syrup Investment/Funding
Build a statewide database of place-based native and heirloom foods
This database will offer a long history in our region, as well as the critical habitats that support them, through collaboration between first…
Tag: Communities/Consumers, Local/Regional Government Agencies, Schools or Institutions, Nonprofits, Local/Municipal, State/NH
 Engagement & Education, Equity & Justice, Natural Resources & Climate Wild & Foraged Foods Resource/tool creation, support or expansion
Develop a voluntary reporting and marketing process to encourage growers to report and boost New Hampshire-bred seed and produce usage
This will include collaborating with UNH breeders and UNHInnovation, as well as private seed savers and the USDA Germplasm Repositories (to identify…
Tag: UNH Extension, Technical Assistance Providers, Researchers, Farm, Fish, or Food Business, State Agencies, Nonprofits, State/NH
 Engagement & Education Seeds Resource/tool creation, support or expansion, Program creation, support, or expansion