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Recommendation Status Brief Topic Type of Action
Perform a feasibility study for a Seacoast-area food cooperative
Study the financial feasibility of a retail food cooperative in the Seacoast area in collaboration with grassroots support in the region. The…
Goals & Tags: Researchers, Nonprofits, Farm, Fish, or Food Business, Funders/Investors, NH Regional
 Not Started Grocery Stores & Food Cooperatives Coordination/Network development or support, Investment/Funding, Research/Study
Increase organizational capacity to support growers selling to wholesale markets
Increasing capacity for organizations, like UNH Extension, would allow for opportunities to offer more resources for business technical assistance,…
Goals & Tags: Technical Assistance Providers, UNH Extension, Funders/Investors, Farm, Fish, or Food Business, State Agencies, State/NH
 Not Started Grocery Stores & Food Cooperatives Program creation, support, or expansion, Investment/Funding
Support the production of other tree syrups, such as birch, in New Hampshire
This support would primarily occur through continued research and market development.
Goals & Tags: Researchers, Technical Assistance Providers, State Agencies, Farm, Fish, or Food Business, State/NH
 Not Started Syrup Investment/Funding, Research/Study
Increase state support for the NH Maple Producers Association
This support, in addition to grant opportunities, would increase promotion of Maple Month in March, linking maple syrup to promotion of the foliage…
Goals & Tags: State Agencies, Funders/Investors, Farm, Fish, or Food Business, State/NH
 Not Started Syrup Investment/Funding
Fund mushroom growers to reduce their energy costs
Provide grant support for mushroom growers to obtain renewable energy infrastructure through programs, such as the USDA Rural Energy for America…
Goals & Tags: Funders/Investors, Farm, Fish, or Food Business, State Agencies, Federal Agencies, State/NH
 Not Started Mushrooms Program creation, support, or expansion, Investment/Funding
Explore avenues for improving insurance coverage options for mushroom growers
In New Hampshire that includes coverage for plausible issues like bacterial contamination, which is analogous to agricultural crop loss from disease.
Goals & Tags: Technical Assistance Providers, Farm, Fish, or Food Business, Researchers, State/NH
 Not Started Mushrooms Program creation, support, or expansion, Research/Study
Provide funding and support to the NH Grain Collaborative
This support will incite the development of a culinary grain economy in the state through: Technical assistance for farmers and millers; Coordination…
Goals & Tags: Funders/Investors, Farm, Fish, or Food Business, Technical Assistance Providers, State/NH
 Not Started Food-Grade Grains Coordination/Network development or support, Investment/Funding
Build a statewide database of place-based native and heirloom foods
This database will offer a long history in our region, as well as the critical habitats that support them, through collaboration between first…
Goals & Tags: Communities/Consumers, Local/Regional Government Agencies, Schools or Institutions, Nonprofits, Local/Municipal, State/NH
 Not Started Wild & Foraged Foods Resource/tool creation, support or expansion
Develop a voluntary reporting and marketing process to encourage growers to report and boost New Hampshire-bred seed and produce usage
This will include collaborating with UNH breeders and UNHInnovation, as well as private seed savers and the USDA Germplasm Repositories (to identify…
Goals & Tags: Technical Assistance Providers, Researchers, Farm, Fish, or Food Business, State Agencies, Nonprofits, State/NH
 Not Started Seeds Resource/tool creation, support or expansion, Program creation, support, or expansion
Fund stakeholder convenings around breeding needs
Convene New Hampshire chefs, farmers, and agriculture professionals to foster discussion around breeding needs (“What Needs Breeding?” events) and to…
Goals & Tags: Farm, Fish, or Food Business, Researchers, Technical Assistance Providers, Funders/Investors, State/NH
 Not Started Seeds Program creation, support, or expansion, Coordination/Network development or support, Investment/Funding, Research/Study