On the first Friday of each month, September through April, the NH Food Alliance network hosts an informal and lively conversation with partners across the New Hampshire food system and beyond! Network Café topics often leading to further collaborations and projects; turning talk into action.
The 2025-26 Network Café Series
The 2025-2026 Network Café Series is a space to learn about and discuss the critical issues facing our food system right now.
A guest will join us to share about their understanding of the topic at hand and lay out the implications the issue has for our individual and collective work in creating a thriving food system here in the Granite State. Following the presentation, we will ask questions, discuss, and connect over what we learned, strengthening our relationships and connections to inspire solutions through collaboration.
In that spirit of collaboration and building connections, we urge you to share our Network Café Series with your networks, colleagues, and friends. Each café is designed to be inclusive opportunities for learning and growing in our food systems work. Below are the proposed topics and registration links for each upcoming Network Café; more details will be available as each gets closer. Looking forward to another season of learning together!
What You Need to Know about the USDA NRCS’s Regenerative Agriculture Pilot Program
March 6 | Register here
In December 2025, the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service launched a new Regenerative Pilot Program— a farmer first, outcomes-based approach to conservation through the existing Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP).
Join the March Network Café as we welcome Stephanie Tidwell, Acting Assistant State Conservationist of Programs for New Hampshire NRCS. She’ll break down what this new program means, how it works, and how farmers can access funding and support to bolster resilience on their land and in their farm businesses.
Whether you’re a grower interested in utilizing these funds, or someone that can help get the word out to producers, this session will give you practical insight into a new resource for New Hampshire farmers.
Upcoming Network Café Series Topics
April 3 | Register here
Topic: An update on the Local Food for Local Schools Reimbursement Pilot Program
Catch up on past Network Cafés! Read summaries and watch recordings of below.
