Policy/Regulation
| 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 |
