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TELL US MORE! If you attended our 2021 NH Food System Statewide Gathering, please provide us with your feedback about the event by taking our Harvesting the Momentum Survey below. Your feedback is so important to how we shape future gatherings and events, as well as our work in the food system.
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WATCH THE GATHERING! If you were not able to attend this year's gathering, please find at the link below full recordings of all sessions and roundtable discussions, including our keynote presentation from Laura Brown of Foxpoint Oysters and our Closing Notes & Call to Action presentation from Evan Mallet of the Black Trumpet. Also, access the 2021 NH Food System Statewide Gathering summary HERE.
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STARTING TODAY!! Food Solutions New England's 21-Day Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge, April 5-25, begins TODAY! In its seventh year, the Challenge is a great way to learn about the history and impacts of racism on our current food system while inspiring participants with resources and tools to build racial equity in their work and lives. Register at the button below and follow both Food Solutions New England and the NH Food Alliance on social media to access the daily prompts. See below more resources to participate and feel free to reach out with questions!
Food Solutions New England | @foodsolutionsne
NH Food Alliance | @nhfoodalliance
Racial Equity Challenge Resources
Access past challenge materials, readings, and activities for engagement
Daily Tracking Log
Track your activities and keep notes about your progress
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Taking steps toward organizational Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) can be an uncomfortable, challenging, and
overwhelming commitment for any organization. Our Racial Equity Team is encouraging and providing support for all food system organizations and partners considering an EDI assessment for themselves and their colleagues or employees. Access the American Public Health Association's EDI toolkit below and reach out to our Racial Equity team HERE for more information.
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LOVE YOUR MOTHER! The Monadnock Food Co-op is partnering with the Monadnock International Film Festival and the Monadnock Farm & Community Coalition (producer of the Feast On This! Film Festival) to host the virtual Monadnock Earth Day Film Festival, April 22-April 24. This free virtual event will feature films and host panel discussions to celebrate and cultivate a more resilient world, including a screening of "First We Eat," a female-directed film addressing food sovereignty and climate resiliency.
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NEW REPORT! A climate resilient food system is defined as one that, in the face of climate disruption, is reliable across the supply chain from production to distribution, ensures adequate food availability and access for all populations, and is centered on racial equity. Our Climate Action Team supported the work of a fellow to produce a report analyzing and discussing recommended actions needed to foster the development of a climate resilient food system in New Hampshire. Learn more and read the report below!
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MORE EVENTS
APRIL 7, 10AM
Join in during the 2021 Virtual NH Farm, Forest, & Garden Expo for the "Fundamentals of Instagram and Facebook Growth for Agriculture" workshop presented by Amy Hall, Granite State Dairy Promotion. Improve organic reach without paying for sponsored posts, learn proven strategies to gain, engage, and keep followers, find out the dos and don’ts of social media, explore content strategies that work, and discover the must have apps. Register here >>
APRIL 8, 22 & MAY 6, 20, 7-8:30PM
This Spring join NOFA-NH and Seacoast Permaculture for a five-part Zoom book discussion of David Bollier's Think Like a Commoner every other Thursday from 7-8:30PM. Access to land and other resources continues to be a huge challenge for people wanting to grow food. Creative and historical ways of addressing these barriers are being explored and discussed more and more. Register here >>
APRIL 9 & 10
Join UNH Extension and its partners for Saving Special Places, New Hampshire's Annual Land Conservation Conference. Register here >>
APRIL 14, 9AM or MAY 15, 1:30PM
Join UNH Extension’s food safety team for a free online safe food handling workshop for food service workers in schools, restaurants, delis, hospitals, nursing homes, camps and other places that prepare and serve food. Register here >>
APRIL 14, 5-8PM
Join American Farmland Trust President and CEO, John Piotti, and special guest, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, for a teletownhall. They will take questions live from the audience while discussing the benefits for farmers and ranchers provided by the American Rescue Plan. They will also look ahead to where the Department of Agriculture is headed, with a focus on regenerative practices and the importance of agriculture in the fight against climate change, the need to recruit a diverse next generation of farmers, and farmland protection. Register here >>
APRIL 15 & 29, 3-4:30PM
Join the Farm-Based Education Network for a three-part workshop to critically reflect on questions of worker justice in the food system. The true cost of our food will be examined to uncover how educators and consumers can be more effective allies to food workers, while engaging with students in the classroom or on the farm.
Register here >>
APRIL 15-16, 10AM-4PM
Stonewall Farm is offering three classes in Holistic Management intended for farmers, land owners, field professionals, and educators wanting to become an Accredited Professional (AP) with the Savory Institute. The first session will include an introduction to holistic management and ecosystem processes, as well as cover holistic decision-making. Register here >>
APRIL 17 & 18
Join the Boston University Gastronomy community for in-depth discussions and (remote) hands-on foraging experiences during its Living Landscapes Conference. The conference will use foraging as a tangible entry point into the nexus of environmental racism, climate change, land (in)access, social justice, and food sovereignty, bringing together people from a wide variety of backgrounds—including foragers, researchers, and activists—for critical conversations. Register here >>
APRIL 22, 12:30PM
Join UNH's Changemaker Collaborative for "Uncharted: Navigating to a Sustainable Future," a presentation and discussion featuring Margaret Heffernan, author of the book Uncharted. Those in the field of sustainability know that creating a sustainable future demands figuring out how to navigate in uncharted territory, to address highly complex challenges, work across silos and sectors to do bold experiments to discover new options, and ultimately develop effective, sustainable solutions. But knowing how to do that is not easy. This book provides important answers. Register here >>
SAVE THE DATE
MAY 1
Deadline to apply for the Monadnock Farm Share program
Learn more >>
MAY 6
UNH Sustainability Institute's carbon footprinting workshop featuring their SIMAP tool
Learn more >>
MAY 7
NH Food Alliance's monthly Network Cafe on Agricultural Commissions
Learn more >>
MAY 26 & 27
2021 NH Coastal Climate Summit
Learn more >>
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HARVEST OF THE MONTH | APRIL
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EAT LOCAL, EAT SEASONALLY!
It's officially Spring! Soon our local farmers markets and farm stands will be brimming with locally grown fruits, vegetables, and other delicious products. One of the amazing Spring bounties in the Granite State? Carrots, our featured NH Harvest of the Month product! Learn more about carrots below, including recipes, sourcing, and more.
EAT LOCAL, SHOP LOCAL!
Find a farm, farmers' market, CSA or other location to shop for locally grown carrots and other New Hampshire produce and products.
UNH Extension's Farm Product Map
NH Dept. of Agriculture, Markets, & Food
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NEWS & RESOURCES
REFLECT ON SUGARING SEASON
As sugaring season in the Granite State wraps up, reflect on the history of maple syrup and tree tapping with an episode of the Indigenous New Hampshire Collaborative Collective's podcast, Indigenous NH 101, featuring Paul Pouliot of the Cowasuck Band of the Pennacook Abenaki People sharing about Gluskabe, the Alnombak, and why maple syrup is made the way it is today. Listen here >>
UPDATE: NH FEEDING NH 2021
In 2020, NH Feeding NH, a partnership between the NH Food Alliance, NOFA-NH, the NH Food Bank, and NH Farm Bureau, facilitated paid contracts to 170 local farmers for 40,000 pounds of produce, meat, and dairy delivered to 77 local agencies. Good news: the program has been extended into 2021! Learn more >>
NE FARM VIABILITY SURVEY
In partnership with the National Young Farmers Coalition, Drs. Ike Leslie and Analena Bruce of the UNH College of Life Sciences and Agriculture are looking for New England farmers to participate in a survey as part of their study of farm viability and regional food system development in New England. Learn more & take the survey >>
UNH FOOD ACCESS REPORT
The Carsey School of Public Policy at UNH published a report entitled "The Intersection of Food Availability, Access, & Affordability with Food Security and Health." Read more >>
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GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
LAND PROTECTION TRANSACTION GRANTS
DUE APRIL 12
The Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership (GBRPP) is offering grants to assist with land transaction costs for the permanent land protection projects in the coastal watershed area of New Hampshire and Maine.
Learn more & Apply >>
NEW HAMPSHIRE SPECIALTY CROP GRANT PROGRAM
DUE APRIL 30
The New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, Markets, & Food (NHDAMF) is eligible to receive funding from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) under the 2021 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP). The NHDAMF will offer eligible New Hampshire organizations the opportunity to apply for a portion of these funds to conduct projects that enhance the competitiveness of NH Specialty Crops (fruit, vegetable, nursery, floriculture, herb, maple, Christmas tree and honey crops) under the New Hampshire Specialty Crops Grant Program.
Learn more & Apply >>
COMMUNITY FOOD PROJECTS COMPETITIVE GRANTS PROGRAM
DUE MAY 4
The USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture is offering grants for community-based food projects and plans of the improvement of community food security.
Learn more & Apply >>
NORTHERN COMMUNITY INVESTMENT CORPORATION SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS
DUE JUNE 30
The Northern Community Investment Corporation has grant funds available for small businesses in Grafton, Carroll, Coos, and Sullivan counties of NH to be utilized for marketing, website development, logo/branding, training, business coaching, and more.
Learn more & Apply >>
GRASSROOTS FUND
The Grassroots Fund has a variety of grant program opportunities available focused on energizing and nurturing long term civic engagement in local initiatives that create and maintain healthy, just, safe, and environmentally sustainable communities. Learn more >>
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STAY CONNECTED
- Share information about resources, events, etc. via our NH Food System Listserv. Learn how to submit and sign up!
- Our Food Access, Climate Resilient Food System, Racial Equity, and Communication Action Teams are always welcoming new partners! Learn more and get in touch HERE.
- Be social! Follow the NHFA on Facebook and Instagram for more news from the food system. And make sure to tag us and use #nhfoodsystemspotlight and
#nheatslocal in your posts!
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