- Local Procurement: Increasing the procurement of locally, regionally, and sustainably produced foods by UNH dining areas and within state institutions as appropriate.
- Civic Agriculture: Supporting sustainable methods of agriculture, including organic production. Reducing the vulnerability of local and regional farmers to destructive competition resulting from globalization and consolidation within the food and farming system.
- Food Solutions: Researching, developing, and demonstrating innovative solutions to agricultural and food system challenges in our region - including such challenges as production, procurement, soil health, composting, nutrition, and food security.
- Social Justice: Educating students and community about the relationships among individual and collective food choices, ecological and public health, and rural and community quality of life.
- Health & Wellness: Improving the health and well-being of community life through teaching, campus operations, research, and engagement efforts that support sustainable community-based food systems.
