To enable The Carrot Project’s Blueprint initiative to to establish and sustain a strong, diverse interstate network of technical assistance providers, cultivate a pipeline of future service providers and secure resources to help ensure that the region’s farmers not only…
To develop a revenue model for the Flexible Capital Fund’s next iteration, as well as to identify its geographic reach, the most appropriate legal structure, and to craft the story for its next capital raise.
To support administrative costs during the key startup phase of the Massachusetts Food Trust Program loan fund.
To accelerate the development of local food systems via Catalyst Fund investments in Maine-based value chain businesses such as Crown O’ Maine Organic Cooperative and others.
To increase the number of schools in the Northeast adopting and sustaining farm to school programming over the next five years by encouraging supportive federal, state, and local policy.
To expand local food purchasing and education at schools throughout Massachusetts by supporting policy at the state, municipal, and school levels.
To improve farmland access and transfer for beginning and established farmers in New England.
To enable New American farmers and food leaders to achieve greater economic security and opportunity by increasing revenue from wholesale markets, securing funding and financing, and becoming more integrated and active in the local and regional food system.
To transform the dairy industry through worker-driven social responsibility that compels dairy brands to ensure respect for human rights in their supply chains.
To support food systems practitioners in becoming more effective policy advocates and building their competency to further equity and racial justice in the Northeast food system.