Recommendations

Recommendation Type of Action Brief Topic Goal
Advocate for a seat on the Pease Development Authority (PDA) board
Advocate for a governor-appointed board seat for a seafood industry member to represent coastal/ocean uses in New Hampshire on the PDA board.
Tag: State/NH, NH Regional, State Agencies
 Policy/Regulation Seafood Farm, Fish, & Food Business Viability
Appoint and fund a seafood industry liaison in the state government
Appoint and fund a seafood industry liaison position or program within a state government agency. This liaison would help fishermen and seafood…
Tag: State/NH, Legislators, State Agencies, NH Dept of Agriculture, Markets, and Food
 Program creation, support, or expansion, Policy/Regulation Seafood Farm, Fish, & Food Business Viability
Increase workforce development for dairy industry technical service providers
Support policies that increase workforce development for technical service providers, such as veterinary student loan repayment programs for large…
Tag: Legislators, Technical Assistance Providers, State/NH
 Policy/Regulation Dairy Local Food Economy
Develop a NH Dairy Association
An association can develop and advocate for policy that supports the viability of the dairy industry.
Tag: Farm, Fish, or Food Business, State/NH
 Program creation, support, or expansion Dairy Farm, Fish, & Food Business Viability
Increase grant support and technical assistance capacity for dairy farmers and producers
Support farmers in securing grants to fund energy efficiency projects, launch value-added production, new technology, milking centers, and utilizing…
Tag: Technical Assistance Providers, Farm, Fish, or Food Business, Federal Agencies, Funders/Investors, State/NH
 Program creation, support, or expansion, Investment/Funding Dairy Farm, Fish, & Food Business Viability
Research the issue of dairy farm economic viability
Support research that improves the economic viability of farms, such as research on alternative feed for dairy cattle.
Tag: Researchers, State/NH, UNH Extension
 Research/Study Dairy Farm, Fish, & Food Business Viability
Establish a tier-based pricing system for milk
Establish a tier-based pricing system based on farm size, like Maine. All farms start the year at the same price point and graduate to a lower price…
Tag: State/NH, State Agencies, NH Dept of Agriculture, Markets, and Food, Legislators
 Program creation, support, or expansion Dairy Farm, Fish, & Food Business Viability
Perform research to increase farmer capacity for feed production
Engage in research that enables New Hampshire farms to increase their capacity to produce feed. This could include evaluating the performance of…
Tag: Researchers, State/NH
 Research/Study Animal Feed Farm, Fish, & Food Business Viability
Provide grant assistance to producers improving production capacity
Provide grant assistance to support producers in their efforts to improve production capacity through new equipment and technologies, facilities and…
Tag: Farm, Fish, or Food Business, NH Dept of Agriculture, Markets, and Food, State Agencies, Technical Assistance Providers, Funders/Investors, State/NH
 Program creation, support, or expansion, Investment/Funding Animal Feed Farm, Fish, & Food Business Viability, Natural Resources & Climate
Provide opportunities for education and peer learning on resilient cropping practices
Organize educational events (i.e. pasture walks, cover crop tours) to highlight practices that improve the resilience of cropping systems and…
Tag: Farm, Fish, or Food Business, Technical Assistance Providers, State/NH, UNH Extension
 Program creation, support, or expansion Animal Feed Natural Resources & Climate
Develop New Hampshire-specific resources to facilitate cropland conservation
Resources should prioritize sites designated as prime farmland and could be split into materials for land trusts and landowners and should include…
Tag: Nonprofits, Communities/Consumers, Local/Regional Government Agencies, State/NH
 Resource/tool creation, support or expansion Animal Feed Natural Resources & Climate
Convene housing and agricultural advocates on land use issues
Host conversations throughout the state between housing advocates and agricultural advocates to foster dialogue, find alignment on common interests,…
Tag: Communities/Consumers, Local/Municipal, Nonprofits
 Program creation, support, or expansion Land Use Planning Natural Resources & Climate
Incorporate agricultural preservation into the Master Planning Process
Add “Agriculture & Food Production” as a section on the list of optional sections in the Master Plan statute (RSA 674:2) and encourage Master…
Tag: Legislators, State/NH
 Policy/Regulation Land Use Planning Farm, Fish, & Food Business Viability
Identify high-value agriculture soils and prime farmland
Create a map viewer identifying high-value agriculture soils and prime farmland in support of farmland protection and smart decision-making at the…
Tag: State/NH, Researchers
 Resource/tool creation, support or expansion, Research/Study Land Use Planning Natural Resources & Climate
Launch and fund a circuit rider program for regional planning commissions
A circuit rider program would provide funding for New Hampshire’s regional planning commissions to support communities with the adoption of farm-…
Tag: Funders/Investors, Local/Municipal, State Agencies, Local/Regional Government Agencies, State/NH
 Program creation, support, or expansion, Investment/Funding Land Use Planning Farm, Fish, & Food Business Viability
House agriculture-friendly tools and land use regulations on a central website
Create a central website with tools and local land use regulations that communities can adopt to become agriculture-friendly. The site could be…
Tag: State/NH, State Agencies, Nonprofits
 Resource/tool creation, support or expansion, Research/Study Land Use Planning Farm, Fish, & Food Business Viability
Address PFAS issues as public health priorities
Prioritizing per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as a public health issue includes developing PFAS testing, research, standards, and…
Tag: Farm, Fish, or Food Business, Researchers, State Agencies, State/NH, Legislators
 Program creation, support, or expansion, Investment/Funding, Policy/Regulation, Research/Study Soil & Water Natural Resources & Climate
Continue state funded support for source water research
Research should include storm sampling of streams draining agricultural areas, protection grants, and restoration projects.
Tag: State Agencies, State/NH
 Program creation, support, or expansion, Research/Study Soil & Water Farm, Fish, & Food Business Viability, Natural Resources & Climate
Utilize networks to address causes of nonpoint source water pollution
Networks, like the Lakes Management Advisory Committee and Rivers Management Advisory Committee, help address causes of non-point source water…
Tag: Local/Regional Government Agencies, State/NH
 Coordination/Network development or support Soil & Water Natural Resources & Climate
Create and maintain on-farm water resources
Support farmers’ ability and resources to create and maintain on farm water resources. These man-made and natural resources, including water…
Tag: Farm, Fish, or Food Business, State/NH
 Program creation, support, or expansion Soil & Water Natural Resources & Climate