To strengthen the infrastructure for New England’s food systems (e.g., food hubs and processors) by providing business planning assistance combined with access to capital for scaling up to successfully compete for contracts with institutional and other large buyers.
To enhance the capacity of the University of New Hampshire Sustainability Institute to coordinate and direct Food Solutions New England, which will facilitate state-level food system planning designed to build a vibrant food economy in the region, as well as…
To increase sales from New England farms to New England institutions; provide growers with new market opportunities and distributors with steady, transparent supply chains; and develop logistics and marketing solutions to encourage institutional customers to source more local and regional…
To build a stronger regional food system by connecting New England farms and food producers to institutional purchasers through cross-state collaboration and infrastructure development.
To support, educate, and engage state legislators on state and federal environmental health and chemicals policy reform initiatives, including efforts to ban toxic flame retardants, eliminate toxics from childrens products, and facilitate state responses to the Hazardous Hundred chemicals that…
To increase energy efficiency investments at colleges, universities, and hospitals in New England.
To pilot local produce value chain development by first establishing relationships among Maine farmers, a broadline distributor, several institutional customers, and a food service management company that lead eventually to business transactions between these parties.
To recognize Sparkplug Award winner Pete Myers.
To provide general support.
To promote job creation, greater economic output, and increased access for Vermont and regional consumers to healthy, fresh food over the next ten years.