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

Tackling a big project is always easier with an experienced partner. Whether you’re a farmer seeking assistance in creating a whole farm conservation ... Learn More
Article via The Concord Monitor
Earlier this month, the food bank lost nearly $1 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperati... Learn More
Farm Lease opportunity available for the 2025 season.6+ acre high bush blueberry farm located in Southern NH. Well maintained.  In business for 50+ ye... Learn More
The Rural Innovation Stronger Economy (RISE) Grant Program offers grant assistance to create and augment high-wage jobs, accelerate the formation of n... Learn More
Supports partnerships that connect public and private resources to plan and develop local or regional food systems, focused on strengthening the viabi... Learn More
Funds projects that develop, coordinate and expand local and regional food business enterprises that engage as intermediaries in indirect producer to ... Learn More
Summary: The Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP) funds projects that develop, coordinate and expand direct producer-to-consumer markets to help in... Learn More
This program is an annual opportunity to support environmental stewardship and the ecological integrity of Cheshire County, NH. Learn More
Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT) awards competitive grants of up to $3,000 to working, independent farmers located in the 50 United States and five m... Learn More
This grant program, through the NH County Conservation Districts seeks to support farmers in meeting the challenges of a changing climate. Learn More
The Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program is designed to increase the availability of local foods in schools and help connect students to the sou... Learn More
Launched in 2020, the New England Farmer Microgrants Program (NEFMP) is a grant program that provides direct financial support to farmers across New E... Learn More
Vital Communities is pleased to announce the Upper Valley Farm to School Mini-Grant Application for 2024. These grants will help your school, early ch... Learn More
The DEIA Grants program aims to support projects and initiatives that promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility within IPM and the commu... Learn More
The purpose of the CFP is to support the development of projects with a ONE-TIME infusion of federal dollars to make such projects self-sustaining. CF... Learn More
NDN Collective supports on the ground action to further our mission to build the collective power of Indigenous Peoples, communities and Nations to ex... Learn More
Your ideas, your drive and your dedication could earn you an Incfile scholarship or grant, with the funds you need to learn more and do more to achiev... Learn More
Northeast SARE offers grants to farmers to explore new concepts in sustainable agriculture conducted through experiments, surveys, prototypes, on-farm... Learn More
The CFPCGP is intended to bring together stakeholders from distinct parts of the food system and to foster understanding of national food security tre... Learn More
NDN Foundation’s Community Action Fund (CAF) provides urgent response grants that move money into the movement space to help further Indigenous People... 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
USDA's Value Added Producer Grant helps agricultural producers enter into value-added activities related to the processing and marketing of new p... Learn More
USDA's Local Food Promotion Program funds projects that develop, coordinate and expand local and regional food business enterprises that engage a... Learn More