Recommendation Action Lists
A recommendation that has a clear, named owner and can be addressed through an Recommendation Action Lists.
Action Lists are a succinct group of recommendations that are expressly assigned to the organization or entity that has the power and ability to address it. The NH Food Alliance has drafts up a list of recommendations to provide to leadership at the organization or entity and presents it to them. Then they will select which recommendations they will work on and how. Organization leadership will report back to NHFA and other leadership part of the Network Leadership Team about their progress, in addition to asking for collaboration and support of their work as needed.
Current Recommendation Action Lists
Below are the Recommendation Action Lists that have been or will be distributed to the organization or entity that has the authority to address the Strategic Plan recommendations on the list. To learn the status or progress on a recommendation on a Recommendation Action Lists, click on the recommendation title below the view the recommendation's page.
| Recommendation | Status | Brief Topic | Type of Action |
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| Develop a clear labeling program for New Hampshire craft beverages The labelling program should offer both a “NH Crafted” signifier and a “NH Grown and Crafted” signifier for those growing or sourcing a minimum…
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Not Started | Craft Beverages | Program creation, support, or expansion, Policy/Regulation |
| 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…
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Not Started | Dairy | Program creation, support, or expansion |
| Encourage farmers to adopt soil health-focused practices Soil-health focused practices include no- or reduced-tillage, cover cropping, composting, on-site composting, and others. Farmers who adopt these…
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Not Started | Soil & Water | Program creation, support, or expansion, Investment/Funding |
| Establish a voluntary statewide soil monitoring program A voluntary statewide soil monitoring program would provide data on soil health conditions. This program could be run as a partnership between UNH…
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Not Started | Soil & Water | Program creation, support, or expansion |
| Recommendation | Status | Brief Topic | Type of Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| Create an agritourism-focused university position to serve both current and future operators Fund and hire one full-time equivalent (FTE) agritourism-focused teaching and research position. This could be a joint appointment within the…
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Not Started | Agritourism | Program creation, support, or expansion, Investment/Funding |
| Establish a voluntary statewide soil monitoring program A voluntary statewide soil monitoring program would provide data on soil health conditions. This program could be run as a partnership between UNH…
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Not Started | Soil & Water | Program creation, support, or expansion |
| Recommendation | Status | Brief Topic | Type of Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engage all farmers to create inclusive disaster response policies Small-scale, minority, and marginalized farmers should be sought out and included in the development of disaster response policies to ensure their…
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Not Started | Climate Resilience & Disaster Relief | Policy/Regulation |
| Provide farms and food businesses financial incentives through state policy Develop state policy that provides farms and food businesses with tax exemptions and abatements, start-up funds and incentives, business technical…
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Not Started | Access to Capital | Investment/Funding, Policy/Regulation |
| Create an advisory board to increase restaurants sourcing local ingredients Create an advisory board or legislative commission, housed in the NH Department of Agriculture, Markets, and Food, to support and advocate for…
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Not Started | Restaurants | Program creation, support, or expansion, Policy/Regulation |
| Pass legislation that subsidizes purchases of local food by New Hampshire schools Pass an ongoing, permanent Local Food for Local Schools Purchasing Incentive Pilot Program that subsidizes purchases of local food by New Hampshire…
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Not Started | Institutional Markets | Program creation, support, or expansion, Policy/Regulation |
| Amend bidding regulations for state-funded food purchasing Assess and amend the current lowest-cost state bidding regulations for state-funded food purchasing to include geographic preference of local food,…
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Not Started | Institutional Markets | Policy/Regulation |
| Implement RSA 425:2-a, the NH Granite State Farm to Plate Food Policy and Principles Support the NH Department of Agriculture, Markets, and Food in implementing RSA 425:2-a, the NH Granite State Farm to Plate Food Policy and…
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Not Started | Institutional Markets | Program creation, support, or expansion, Coordination/Network development or support, Policy/Regulation |
| Establish a state honeybee oversight committee This committee will facilitate dialogue between the beekeeping industry, stakeholders, and other organizations and businesses to advocate for the…
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Not Started | Bees & Honey | Program creation, support, or expansion, Policy/Regulation |
| Increase legally regulated information sharing between pesticide applicators and beekeepers Reinstate and enhance the legal requirements of pesticide applicators to notify apiary owners prior to pesticide application, and develop and…
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Not Started | Bees & Honey | Program creation, support, or expansion, Policy/Regulation |
| Conduct a feasibility study to license midsized laying hen operations Conduct a feasibility study for a state-run program to license midsized laying hen operations with 3,000 to 10,000 laying hens. The program would…
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Not Started | Meat & Eggs | Policy/Regulation, Research/Study |
| Expand capacity for meat slaughter and processing Expanding capacity for meat slaughter and processing can be achieved in one or more of the following ways: Invest in the construction of a USDA-…
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Not Started | Meat & Eggs | Investment/Funding, Policy/Regulation |
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