To: (1) accelerate the growth of food system businesses in the Northeast by providing them with direct business assistance; (2) leverage $500,000 in funding from the USDA to support needed business assistance in the region; and (3) help increase coordination…
To enable greater coordination and collaboration among organizations across Vermont to achieve the 25 goals of Vermont’s Farm to Plate Strategic Plan by 2020.
To educate policymakers about, and build public support for, the Massachusetts Food System Plan’s goals and recommendations; make progress on specific plan recommendations; and grow the statewide network of engaged and connected food system stakeholders.
To enable the UNH Sustainability Institute’s Food Solutions New England network to undertake activities that address key leverage areas for strengthening the New England food system as identified through an extensive systems mapping process..
To ensure that Maine farmers and food producers are able to increase production, particularly in Aroostook County, as demand increases for healthy, sustainable and organic food throughout the region.
To increase local food procurement at public schools in Connecticut.
To lead and support multi-stakeholder efforts to advance specific farmland policies at the municipal, state, regional, and federal levels in collaboration with American Farmland Trust and Conservation Law Foundation.
To improve farmland access, transfer, and tenure for beginning and established farmers through direct technical assistance, effective education and resources, and regional collaboration.
To implement elements of the recently completed strategic plan.
To assist Connecticut School Food Authorities in modifying the legal framework for procurement and improving various procurement tools to expand purchase of locally-grown products.