What we’ll cover today!

• Introduction the NH Food Alliance + NH Eats Local Month
• How your library can partner!
• Reviewing the NH Eats Local Month Community�Toolkit for Libraries
• Feedback from you— what do you need for success

The NH Food Alliance, the statewide network behind NH Eats Local Month, is coordinated by the University of New Hampshire’s Sustainability Institute. The NH Food Alliance engages and connects people dedicated to growing a thriving, fair, and sustainable local food system in the Granite State.

NH Eats Local Month is a month-long collaborative, grassroots, marketing initiative

that promotes New Hampshire grown, caught, and produced food by connecting Granite Staters

directly to farmers, fishermen, restaurants, food producers, markets and farm stands, and

other food-related businesses.

What is NH Eats Local Month?

2006: Seacoast Eat Local introduces Eat Local Challenges

2009: NH Department of Agriculture, Markets and Food expands the Challenges into a statewide campaign

2018: NH Food Alliance partners with Monadnock Food Co-op, and begin facilitating NH Eats Local Month

2018-present: NH Food Alliance, Seacoast Eat Local, Monadnock Food Co-op, the NH Department of Agriculture, Markets and Food, and other partners grow the month’s celebrations, starting to focus on expanding NH Eats Local Month to a year-round initiative

NH Eats Local Month, a History:

Live Free + Eat Local Challenge

We’re challenging Granite Staters to eat food at or from as many New Hampshire farms or food businesses as possible during 2024 NH Eats Local Month.

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Step 1: Eat food grown, caught, or produced in New Hampshire from farms, farm stands, farmers’ markets, co-ops and grocery stores, restaurants, breweries, CSAs and CSFs, or any other local business that sells or serves local food.

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Step 2: Open the Live Free + Eat Local Challenge entry form by either scanning the QR code on the Challenge poster or visiting nheatslocal.com. Enter your information and the information of the business you ate local food from.

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Step 3: Repeat! Every time you eat local food from a New Hampshire business, you can enter the Challenge. The more entries you submit, the better your chances are to win a prize!

NH Eats Local Month Community�Toolkit for Libraries

The NH Eats Local team, facilitated by the NH Food Alliance, created a toolkit as a bridge between New Hampshire's libraries and local food system, in the hopes to get more Granite Staters eating local food and supporting our local farmers, fishermen, and food producers.

What’s included in the toolkit:

• Reading lists for children, youth, and adults
• Ideas for programming and extension events
• Additional educational resources to utilize in sharing about local food including:
• NH Harvest of the Month
• Indigenous Harvest Calendar
• Food Literacy Guide

As a Library Partner, you’ll receive:

• A copy of the toolkit
• Find Local Food Packets for your patrons, which include:
• NH Adventure Challenge
• Live Free + Eat Local Challenge information
• Local Food Guide information
• SNAP, WIC, + Granite State Market Match/Double Up Food Bucks information
• Support in planning programming/events at your library during August

Diving into the�Find Local Food Packet:

NH Adventure Challenge

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Diving into the Find Local Food Packet:

Live Free + Eat Local Challenge + Local Food Guide Information

Diving into the Find Local Food Packet:

SNAP Outreach Materials + Granite State Market Match/Double Up Food Bucks information

• Questions?
• Feedback on usefulness of the toolkit
• How much of the materials would you need?
• What kind of support would you need to participate?

Q&A + Feedback from you!

Colleen Stewart

Communications Coordinator

NH Food Alliance + NH Eats Local

colleen.stewart@unh.edu

Interested? Sign up!