Grant Program Regional Food Systems

To lead multi-stakeholder efforts to improve public policies regarding rural and urban farmland access in the six New England states and key metropolitan areas.

To educate Maine farmers on the benefits and challenges of growing food for the wholesale market.

To improve working conditions and wage equity for immigrant dairy workers by building participation in the Milk with Dignity program among farmworkers, dairy farmers, and dairy product companies.

To strengthen the businesses and institutions that provide the infrastructure of Vermonts working lands and build the capacity of Vermonts food-based trade associations.

To increase the amount of local, sustainably grown food served at workplaces in Vermont.

To enable food system leaders from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island to attend the Vermont Farm to Plate Network annual meeting.

To identify a digital technology application that will enable Vermonts farmers to trace their produce through the supply chain.

To build a cadre of hospitals and other health care organizations in New England that are committed to serving healthier, fresher, and more locally-sourced food in patient meals and in the cafeterias that serve employees and the visiting public.

To address key barriers to moving greater volumes of New England produce through conventional supply chains in Maine.

To support the Wellspring Cooperative Greenhouse’s efforts to increase institutional commitment to locally and regionally produced food.