Grant Program Regional Food Systems

To leverage the individual and aggregate purchasing power of the health care sector to support the development of a resilient and strong New England food system.

To undertake a strategic planning process that will help clarify NESAWG’s role in the evolving regional farm and food sector.

To convene the University of Vermont and University of New Hampshire co-op extension to develop a plan for combining forces in the coming year to more efficiently and effectively assist vegetable growers in the two states.

To enable sustainable agriculture and food systems advocates to attend the National Association of State Directors of Agriculture annual meeting.

To create a real alternative to the giants in food service by establishing the Maine Farm and Sea Food Service Cooperative, which will bring together farmers, fishermen, distributors, food service workers, chefs, and consumers in cooperative ownership to provide local…

To serve as the “backbone” for New England’s growing farm-to-institution network, which is designed to build the market share for locally grown products in the region’s institutional food sector.

To lend its finance and business development expertise to farm and food entrepreneurs, investors, and intermediaries in New Hampshire and across New England, with special emphasis on building farm-to-institution channels.

To use tools that increase the amount of local food served at the regions more than 370 two- and four-year colleges and universities.

To increase farm-to-institution sales by connecting a regional food hub network with a mainstream broadline distributor.

To improve viability for farming, fish, and sustainable food enterprises in New Hampshire.