Support New Hampshire farmers and food hubs interested in reaching wholesale and institutional markets through targeted wholesale- readiness technical assistance and funding streams that invest in needed infrastructure. Technical assistance topics should include maximizing shoulder season growing, attaining required food safety certifications, understanding institutional markets and buyers, and how to sustainably scale their businesses. Investment needs include: shoulder season extension infrastructure, production scaling, and processing and storing equipment for sales through the winter months.
Craving context? This recommendation is included in the Institutional Markets brief, part of the NH Food and Agriculture Strategic Plan.
Read the Institutional Markets brief here
