The 2023 New England Food Vision Prize winners represent a range of innovative projects aimed at strengthening the local food system with a focus on processing and supply chain coordination.
Initiatives like Maine Immigrant Greens connect local food producers to K-12 schools to help meet community-determined needs of immigrant and asylum-seeking families in Maine while Keney Park Sustainability Project establishes and operates a prep kitchen to streamline the aggregation and processing of locally grown produce for the Hartford Public Schools.
Winning Projects:
Connecting Maine’s Supply with Southern New England’s Demand
Facilitating Local Procurement in Connecticut’s Culinary Classroom
Farm to School Integration for Beginning BIPOC Farmers
Food Connects Scaling Up to Meet K-12/Higher Education Demand
Improving K-12 Farm to School Access in Western Vermont
Keney Park Sustainability Project & Hartford Public Schools Local Collaborative Kitchen
Lowell Eats Local
Maine Immigrant Greens Collaborative
Preserving Surplus Produce to Aid the Re-localization of School Food Sourcing
