Listening Session with Seacoast Area growers:

 As you may know, the NH Food Alliance is a statewide network that connects the people, business, organizations, and communities dedicated to growing a thriving, fair, and sustainable local food system in the Granite State. (You can learn more and get involved at nhfoodalliance.org). This year, they are spearheading the development of a NH Food and Agriculture Strategic Plan, with support from the NH Department of Agriculture, Markets and Food, and need your input and participation to create a plan that is both comprehensive and impactful.   

 A strategic plan for New Hampshire will align our food community, streamlining collective efforts to obtain funding, pass policies, develop programs, invest in infrastructure, and build networks in support of a thriving, fair, and sustainable local food system in the Granite State. You can read about the proposed process for developing the plan in advance of the session. There will be a very brief overview of the plan, but the goal is to spend the vast majority of the time on the 18th hearing from growers. The NH Food Alliance team has heard about or been involved in many conversations involving challenges and concerns of Seacoast area growers, and hope this can be an opportunity to both further those conversations and incorporate some identified needs into the NH Food and Agriculture Strategic Plan.

During this session, the NH Food Alliance wants to hear:

…about your aspirations. What do you want to do? What can help you get there?

…about your challenges. What are some barriers that you’re facing?

…what organizations and/or programs are helpful to you?

…what would help you go from surviving to thriving?

Please let us know you’re coming by RSVPing here, so we have enough food and seating.  

Organizer: Nicole Cardwell, Program Director, NH Food Alliance