Technical Assistance Providers

Recommendation Goal Brief Topic Type of Action
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…
Engagement & Education, Farm, Fish, & Food Business Viability, Nutrition & Access Institutional Markets Program creation, support, or expansion, Policy/Regulation
Support and fund wholesale-readiness technical assistance and infrastructure
Support New Hampshire farmers and food hubs interested in reaching wholesale and institutional markets through targeted wholesale- readiness…
Farm, Fish, & Food Business Viability, Nutrition & Access Institutional Markets Program creation, support, or expansion, Investment/Funding
Support successful sales to retailers by farmers, fishermen, and food producers
Provide guidance to retailers to build consistent relationships and local food purchasing habits, as well as business technical assistance on …
Farm, Fish, & Food Business Viability, Nutrition & Access Grocery Stores & Food Cooperatives Coordination/Network development or support
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,…
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.
Farm, Fish, & Food Business Viability, Natural Resources & Climate Syrup Investment/Funding, Research/Study
Explore avenues for improving insurance coverage options for mushroom growers
In New Hampshire that includes coverage for plausible issues like bacterial contamination, which is analogous to agricultural crop loss from disease.
Farm, Fish, & Food Business Viability Mushrooms Program creation, support, or expansion, Research/Study
Provide funding and support to the NH Grain Collaborative
This support will incite the development of a culinary grain economy in the state through: Technical assistance for farmers and millers; Coordination…
Farm, Fish, & Food Business Viability Food-Grade Grains Coordination/Network development or support, Investment/Funding
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…
Engagement & Education Seeds Resource/tool creation, support or expansion, Program creation, support, or expansion
Fund stakeholder convenings around breeding needs
Convene New Hampshire chefs, farmers, and agriculture professionals to foster discussion around breeding needs (“What Needs Breeding?” events) and to…
Farm, Fish, & Food Business Viability Seeds Program creation, support, or expansion, Coordination/Network development or support, Investment/Funding, Research/Study
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…
Natural Resources & Climate Wasted Food Resource/tool creation, support or expansion, Program creation, support, or expansion, Investment/Funding