NH Dept of Agriculture, Markets, and Food

Recommendation Goal Brief Topic Type of Action
Overhaul the regulatory oversight of the New Hampshire food and beverage industry
A significant, collaborative, and evaluation-based overhaul of food and beverage regulatory oversight is recommended, including: Evaluating the…
Tag: State Agencies, NH Dept of Agriculture, Markets, and Food, Farm, Fish, or Food Business, Legislators, State/NH
 Farm, Fish, & Food Business Viability Value-Added Processing & Co-Manufacturing Policy/Regulation
Collaborate to generate higher value for New Hampshire food products in the marketplace
Enhance marketing and technical assistance collaboration between the NH Department of Agriculture, Markets, and Food and other state agencies, local…
Tag: NH Dept of Agriculture, Markets, and Food, State Agencies, Local/Regional Government Agencies, Schools or Institutions, Farm, Fish, or Food Business, Nonprofits, Technical Assistance Providers, State/NH
 Farm, Fish, & Food Business Viability Labor & Workforce Coordination/Network development or support
Create collaborative partnerships between existing farm business technical service providers
Recommended partnerships and collaborations are between UNH Extension, the NH Department of Agriculture, Markets, and Food, NOFA-NH, NH Farm Bureau,…
Tag: Technical Assistance Providers, UNH Extension, NH Dept of Agriculture, Markets, and Food, Nonprofits, State/NH
 Farm, Fish, & Food Business Viability Farm Business Technical Assistance Coordination/Network development or support
Provide farms and food businesses financial incentives through state policy
Develop state policy that provides farms and food businesses with tax exemptions and abatements, start-up funds and incentives, business technical…
Tag: Legislators, State Agencies, NH Dept of Agriculture, Markets, and Food, Farm, Fish, or Food Business, State/NH
 Farm, Fish, & Food Business Viability Access to Capital Investment/Funding, Policy/Regulation
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
Host annual local sourcing educational match-making events for restaurants and farms
Fund the NH Department of Agriculture, Markets, and Food and a non-profit partner to design and host annual educational and matchmaking events around…
Tag: NH Dept of Agriculture, Markets, and Food, Nonprofits, Funders/Investors, Farm, Fish, or Food Business, State/NH
 Farm, Fish, & Food Business Viability, Nutrition & Access Restaurants Program creation, support, or expansion, Coordination/Network development or support, Investment/Funding
Create an advisory board to increase restaurants sourcing local ingredients
Create an advisory board or legislative commission, housed in the NH Department of Agriculture, Markets, and Food, to support and advocate for…
Tag: Farm, Fish, or Food Business, NH Dept of Agriculture, Markets, and Food, State Agencies, Legislators, State/NH
 Farm, Fish, & Food Business Viability, Nutrition & Access Restaurants Program creation, support, or expansion, Policy/Regulation
Implement RSA 425:2-a, the NH Granite State Farm to Plate Food Policy and Principles
Support the NH Department of Agriculture, Markets, and Food in implementing RSA 425:2-a, the NH Granite State Farm to Plate Food Policy and…
Tag: NH Dept of Agriculture, Markets, and Food, State Agencies, Nonprofits, UNH Extension, Schools or Institutions, State/NH
 Farm, Fish, & Food Business Viability, Nutrition & Access Institutional Markets Program creation, support, or expansion, Coordination/Network development or support, Policy/Regulation
Increase organizational capacity to support growers selling to wholesale markets
Increasing capacity for organizations, like UNH Extension, would allow for opportunities to offer more resources for business technical assistance,…
Tag: Technical Assistance Providers, UNH Extension, Funders/Investors, Farm, Fish, or Food Business, State Agencies, NH Dept of Agriculture, Markets, and Food, State/NH
 Farm, Fish, & Food Business Viability Grocery Stores & Food Cooperatives Program creation, support, or expansion, Investment/Funding
Support the production of other tree syrups, such as birch, in New Hampshire
This support would primarily occur through continued research and market development.
Tag: Researchers, UNH Extension, Technical Assistance Providers, State Agencies, NH Dept of Agriculture, Markets, and Food, Farm, Fish, or Food Business, State/NH
 Farm, Fish, & Food Business Viability, Natural Resources & Climate Syrup Investment/Funding, Research/Study