On the first Friday of each month, September through June, 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 2026-27 Network Café Series
The 2026-2027 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!
The Future is Food Forests: Agroforestry is Changing NH’s Agricultural Landscape
November 6, 12-1PM | Register here
Imagine this: New Hampshire’s forests teeming with life—and food! Shade-loving crops, pick-your-own fruits, nuts, berries and mushrooms, along with livestock grazing beneath the trees.
Sound dreamy? It’s already happening! Join our November Network Café to explore the exciting potential of agroforestry with Laurie Mooney and Heidi Asbjornsen of the Adaptive Agroforestry Principles and Teaching (ADAPT) program, a research and education partnership between the University of New Hampshire, Dartmouth College, and Yale University.
Heidi will introduce three agroforestry approaches suited to New England—food forests, forest farming, and silvopasture—and share what they're learning from research and partnerships with local farms. Laurie will focus more specifically on the food forest system. We'll explore how agroforestry can diversify farm operations, build climate resilience, and create new opportunities for New Hampshire farmers and landowners. Plus, hear practical insights on how to get started!
Upcoming Network Cafés
December 4 | Register here
Proposed topic: NH Food Alliance's Policy Workgroup
January 8 | Register here
Topic to be announced!
February 5 | Register here
Topic to be announced!
March 5 | Register here
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April 2 | Register here
Topic to be announced!
Catch up on past Network Cafés! Read summaries and watch recordings of below.
