The Friends of Mascoma Foundation has had another successful year participating in the NH Feeding NH program via our partnership with the NH Food Bank. In 2020, The NH Food Bank in partnership with the NH Food Alliance, NH Farm Bureau and NOFA-NH proudly launched “NH Feeding NH” a statewide initiative designed to support the purchase of NH grown food to feed our food insecure neighbors with nutritious locally grown produce, fruit, dairy protein and more throughout NH communities.
In spring 2020, FOM was awarded an initial grant of $1,000 via this program to spend specifically at local farms and farm stands. In August 2020 FOM was awarded an additional $500 because the NH Food Bank was pleased with how we embraced the program supporting a number of local farms and farm stands. In 2021, FOM was selected to participate in the program again and was awarded $1,500 in May.
To date, Friends of Mascoma Foundation has supported the following farms and farm stands using funds from the NH Feeding NH Program:
Open Woods of Grafton
Spring Ledge Farm of New London
Edgewater Farm of Plainfield
Sunset Harvest Farm of Enfield
Primitive Pickings of Lebanon
Dirk Andrew/Westley Burton Agricultural Products of Canaan
Pleasant Valley Produce at Campbell Farm of Enfield
We encourage all our friends and supporters to shop locally whenever possible! We thank the NH Food Bank for including FOM in this wonderful program. For more information on this initiative please visit the NH Food Bank’s site here: https://nhfoodbank.org/programs/nh-feeding-nh/
