Support Farm, Fish, and Food Enterprises

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The NH Food Alliance collaborates within a network structure to support food enterprises and promote a growing, healthy food system. When we strengthen food enterprises—the entrepreneurial backbone of the food system—everyone wins.

Current Collaborations

NH Food Hub Network

The NH Food Hub Network is a statewide network of food hubs working to improve the local food economy through increased sales, aggregation, and distribution of locally grown farm products. Launched in 2020 in partnership with the Kearsarge Food Hub, the network is currently housed within the NH Food Alliance. Want to learn more or get involved? Contact Katelyn Porter and visit the NH Food Hub Network page.

New England Food Hub & Processors Network

The New England Food Hub & Processors Network aims to build a New England food system where local products can be harvested, packed, processed, ordered, transported, and delivered in service of New England’s hospitals, K-12 schools, restaurants, universities,  grocers, and consumers. Want to learn more or get involved? Contact Katelyn Porter and visit the New England Food Hub & Processors Network page.

Resources

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New Hampshire Farm Products Map from UNH Extension

Connecting farmers directly with consumers allows for curbside pick-ups or delivery methods that maintain physical distancing, while providing local, nutritious food to New Hampshire communities. Includes farm locations and contact information, farm-preferred methods for relaying product, marketing updates to the public (websites and social media accounts), payment options, alternative purchasing locations, purchasing incentives/food access programs (such as SNAP, senior discounts or veteran discounts) and product category listings. 

NH Farm Network coordinated by UNH Extension

The NH Farm Network is a collaboration of agriculture service providers supporting and providing resources to seasoned and aspiring New Hampshire farms and farmers. It develops and deepens relationships across sectors and encourages new and seasoned farmers learn about our work.

Farm, Fish, and Food Enterprise Viability Initiative

Farm, Fish, and Food Enterprise Viability in New Hampshire: An initiative of the New Hampshire Food Alliance was created to provide a common focus and agenda for the collaborative work of the NH Food Alliance. The common thread emerging from this work: thriving local businesses are at the heart of our food system and can create cascading benefits for us all. The Viability Initiative outlines challenges and opportunities for farmers, fishermen, and food entrepreneurs, and describes how the NH Food Alliance will collaborate within a network structure to support food enterprises and promote a growing, healthy food system that benefits all residents in New Hampshire. 

NH Food Hub Network Business Model Report

A report in the business model, MOU, and supply chains for the active food hubs in NH.

New Hampshire Farm, Fish, & Food Economy

An outline of gains the state of New Hampshire could make by strengthening its community-based food system.

Ensure New Hampshire Maintains a Resilient Fishing and Seafood Industry as Environmental and Economic Climates Change

Constantly changing regulations, environmental dynamics, as well as fleet consolidation and “greying of the fleet” threaten the very existence of New Hampshire's commercial fishing industry and the businesses and communities that depend on it. Ensuring a resilient fishing and seafood industry requires the New Hampshire fishing community to weather unpredictable shifts in social, economic, and environmental conditions, including but not limited to ensuring all New Hampshire residents have access to diverse and local seafood and securing the long-term viability of New Hampshire’s fisheries industry.

 

NEWS, events & resources FROM OUR NETWORK

 

Network News about Farm, Fish and Food Businesses

April 14 to 27 in Burlington, VT
Every two years, the Northeast Farm to Institution Summit brings together food system leaders from across the region to spark ideas, build partnership... Learn More
Apply by November 3!
Submit your project proposal and If your project is selected, you’ll have phenomenal talent dedicated to it throughout the summer. The UNH Sustainabil... Learn More
October 17, 12:30-3PM
The University of Maine is hosting a workshop series on Technology Basics and Greenhouse Lighting at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens with two tracts. Learn More
New England Dairy’s mission is to champion New England dairy farm families and the nutritious foods they produce. We accomplish this by promoting dair... Learn More
CSCI awards provide funding and technical assistance to advance community-based climate resilience in US communities or regions that are highly vulner... Learn More
The Wildseeds Grants program supports grassroots organizations, strategists, and media makers working to strengthen frontline narratives and build pow... Learn More
NOFA-NH is pleased to invite NH farmers to apply for our 2026 Farmer Resilience Fund mini-grants! Building on two successful rounds of this grant prog... Learn More
The mission of the NH Conservation Districts Climate Resilience Grant is to support and empower local farmers to build climate resilience throughout t... Learn More
Provides assistance to specialty crop operations that incurred eligible on-farm food safety program expenses in 2024 and 2025. Learn More
T-Mobile Hometown Grants is a $25 million, five-year initiative to support the people and organizations who help small towns across America thrive and... Learn More
The Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program offers
competitive grants to farmers, educators, service providers,... Learn More
The ALDI Community Gift Card (ACGC) program offers gifts valued between $100 and $1,000 to qualified nonprofits and schools committed to supporting af... Learn More
The Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center offers grants and contracts for dairy farmers, processors, and service providers. Below is their yearly... Learn More
The Henry P. Kendall Foundation provides catalytic support to organizations and leaders in pursuit of greater production and consumption of food susta... Learn More
The Rapid Outcomes from Agricultural Research (ROAR) program deploys urgent funding to support research and outreach in response to emerging or unanti... Learn More
We believe those most impacted by inequity and injustice are in the best position to develop solutions. Our intent is to achieve a better future for a... Learn More
The WM Charitable Giving Program, is committed to making communities safer, stronger, and more sustainable. Learn More
Helps agricultural producers enter into value-added activities related to the processing and marketing of new products. The goals of this program are ... Learn More
NH Recycles has compiled a list of grant opportunities for municipalities, transfer stations, and other recycling groups. Grant opportunities are divi... Learn More