Current Projects 
Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program (FFVP) Project
In collaboration with partners in the Department of Education, Cooperative Extension, and others, NHFTS is building on its previous work to develop new connections between schools, produce distributors, and NH wholesale vegetable growers. Target schools for the initial connections are those receiving grants from the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP). A new USDA initiative, FFVP is granting awards to schools in the state to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables. Recipients of FFVP funds are schools whose student body has at least 50% eligibility for the free and reduced lunch program. Each school will receive funding based on the total number of students in the school. The NH Department of Education (DOE) is overseeing the distribution of the funds, and NHFTS is working to help participating schools purchase some of their fresh fruit and vegetables from local farms, and NH Dietetic Internship programs at Keene State and UNH, along with Cooperative Extension, are working with the DOE to provide the educational component of the grant. Learn more...
2010 Program Goals
- Complete a statewide survey of NH schools to determine which schools are currently engaged in farm-to-school activities.
- Make more direct connections between farms and schools.
- Encourage distributors to identify local products on invoices and company websites so schools can use this information to tell the students where their food is coming from. Encourage schools to ask for this information.
- Collaborate with Cafe Services and The NH Institute of Agriculture and Forestry to find solutions to food distribution issues.
- Help interested schools organize a local harvest meal.
- Participate in events including New England Vegetable and Fruit Conference, NH Farm andForest Expo, NOFA-NH Winter Conference, NH School Nutrition Association Spring Meeting, NH Fruit Growers' Association Spring Meeting, Flavors of the Valley, Northeast Regional Farm to School Conference in Detroit.