Recommendation Status: In Progress
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Recommendation: Conduct research to examine the benefits and limitations of different collaborative aggregation and marketing models. This research would guide the development of organizational and legal structures for different contexts and needs. Identify the factors that determine financial profitability to inform the development of technical assistance, policy, and programmatic support.
Current work happening on this recommendation: The Food Systems Lab at UNH, led by Dr. Analena Bruce in the Department of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Food Systems in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, is performing ongoing research to support the development of collaborative aggregation and marketing models and plans to continue this work. They are currently analyzing data and preparing a summary of their peer-to-peer workshops on these models and will share their findings with a broad audience, in addition to planning on additional future research.
Learn more about this work here
Craving context? This recommendation is included in the Food Hubs & Collaborative Marketing brief, part of the NH Food and Agriculture Strategic Plan.
Read the Food Hubs & Collaborative Marketing brief here
