Recommendations

Recommendation Type of Action Brief Topic Goal
Partner with Vermont to minimize fall slaughter bottleneck
In tandem with Vermont, convene the owners of existing cross-state slaughter facilities and explore ideas to minimize the fall bottleneck and create…
Tag: Farm, Fish, or Food Business, New England Regional
 Program creation, support, or expansion, Coordination/Network development or support Meat & Eggs Farm, Fish, & Food Business Viability
Expand capacity for meat slaughter and processing
Expanding capacity for meat slaughter and processing can be achieved in one or more of the following ways: Invest in the construction of a USDA-…
Tag: State Agencies, NH Dept of Agriculture, Markets, and Food, Legislators, Federal Agencies, State/NH
 Investment/Funding, Policy/Regulation Meat & Eggs Farm, Fish, & Food Business Viability
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
 Program creation, support, or expansion Wasted Food Engagement & Education, Natural Resources & Climate
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
 Resource/tool creation, support or expansion, Program creation, support, or expansion, Investment/Funding Wasted Food Natural Resources & Climate
Invest in commercial composting and anaerobic digestion
Invest in the development of in-state commercial composting and anaerobic digestion.
Tag: State Agencies, State/NH
 Program creation, support, or expansion, Investment/Funding Wasted Food Natural Resources & Climate
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
 Policy/Regulation Wasted Food Natural Resources & Climate
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
 Program creation, support, or expansion, Investment/Funding, Policy/Regulation Wasted Food Natural Resources & Climate
Propose state policy to legally protect gardening on leased land
Introduce state legislation that creates built in legal protection for gardening on leased land by default (without extra permission), with…
Tag: Legislators, Communities/Consumers, State/NH
 Policy/Regulation Home & Community Gardens Engagement & Education, Nutrition & Access
Research the amount of food grown by home and community gardens
Conduct research to assess the amount of food grown in home and community gardens and identify the most pressing needs of home and community…
Tag: Communities/Consumers, Researchers, Local/Municipal, State/NH
 Research/Study Home & Community Gardens Engagement & Education, Nutrition & Access
Stipulate open space land for food production in the Master Planning process
In the Land Use section of the Master Planning process, ask towns to allow open space land, i.e. land not currently used or forested, like parks and…
Tag: Local/Regional Government Agencies, Local/Municipal
 Policy/Regulation Home & Community Gardens Engagement & Education, Nutrition & Access
Reserve open space land in conservation subdivisions for food production
Encourage town planning boards to require conservation subdivisions to make open space land available for food production.
Tag: Local/Regional Government Agencies, Local/Municipal
 Policy/Regulation Home & Community Gardens Engagement & Education, Nutrition & Access
Fund two, full-time UNH Extension positions focused on home and community gardens
These two full-time equivalent (FTE) positions at UNH Extension will expand capacity for work in support of community and home gardeners, including…
Tag: UNH Extension, Communities/Consumers, State/NH
 Resource/tool creation, support or expansion, Program creation, support, or expansion Home & Community Gardens Engagement & Education, Nutrition & Access
Research successful health and nutrition curriculum
Perform research into successful health and nutrition curriculum that is being implemented in New Hampshire schools.
Tag: Schools or Institutions, Researchers, State/NH
 Research/Study Food System Literacy, Childhood and School-Age Children Engagement & Education, Nutrition & Access
Increase school and youth garden programming by providing support and resources for educators
Increased school and youth garden programming in New Hampshire can provide opportunities to learn about growing food, eating and dietary choices,…
Tag: Schools or Institutions, Nonprofits, State/NH
 Program creation, support, or expansion Food System Literacy, Childhood and School-Age Children Engagement & Education, Nutrition & Access
Promote and expand food system literacy in New Hampshire
This can be effectively achieved by increasing the adoption of educational initiatives such as the NH Agriculture in the Classroom curriculum, the NH…
Tag: Schools or Institutions, Nonprofits, State/NH
 Resource/tool creation, support or expansion, Program creation, support, or expansion Food System Literacy, Childhood and School-Age Children Engagement & Education, Equity & Justice
Pass a policy to support a permanent local food procurement reimbursement program for schools
Pass a policy to support a permanent version of the Local Food for Local Schools Purchasing Incentive Pilot Program through the NH Department of…
Tag: Legislators, State Agencies, NH Dept of Agriculture, Markets, and Food, Schools or Institutions, State/NH
 Policy/Regulation Food System Literacy, Childhood and School-Age Children Nutrition & Access
Develop a statewide farm to school grant program
The grant program would increase funding for schools and organizations to support: Gardening space, learning kitchens, and other relevant materials;…
Tag: Nonprofits, Funders/Investors, Schools or Institutions, Legislators, State Agencies, State/NH
 Resource/tool creation, support or expansion, Program creation, support, or expansion, Investment/Funding Food System Literacy, Childhood and School-Age Children Engagement & Education, Nutrition & Access
Expand and integrate local food nutrition incentive programs
Expand and integrate nutrition incentive programs, such as Granite State Market Match, Double Up Food Bucks, and Vouchers for Veterans, into larger,…
Tag: State Agencies, Nonprofits, State/NH
 Program creation, support, or expansion, Coordination/Network development or support Direct-to-Consumer & Consumer Education Equity & Justice, Nutrition & Access
Fund two management positions to support farmers’ markets and CSAs
Fund two full-time equivalent (FTE) positions focused on professional management and infrastructure improvements for farmers’ markets and CSAs,…
Tag: Funders/Investors, Nonprofits, Local/Municipal, State/NH
 Program creation, support, or expansion, Investment/Funding, Research/Study Direct-to-Consumer & Consumer Education Equity & Justice, Local Food Economy, Nutrition & Access
Launch a student program to provide marketing support for food producers
Launch a program at the University of New Hampshire that leverages student energy and existing programs (e.g., Voice Z Digital) to provide marketing…
Tag: Schools or Institutions, State/NH
 Program creation, support, or expansion Direct-to-Consumer & Consumer Education Engagement & Education, Farm, Fish, & Food Business Viability