New England Food Vision Prize - Henry P. Kendall Foundation
Supports projects that strengthen New England’s educational food supply chain by increasing student access to regionally produced foods and fostering resilient farm-to-school collaborations.
Funder: Henry P. Kendall Foundation
Due Dates (Anticipated): May 2026 (June awards round) | September 2026 (October awards round)
Funding Amounts: $25,000–$100,000 per award; minimum $1.5 million available overall (projected)
Summary: Supports projects that strengthen New England’s educational food supply chain, benefiting local producers and student access to regional foods.
Description
The New England Food Vision Prize is designed to build resilience, relationships, and capacity within New England’s educational institutional food supply chain. In response to recent federal funding cuts affecting the regional food system, the Prize now emphasizes fortifying progress and ensuring ongoing benefits for students, farmers, fishermen, and producers engaged in farm to school and campus programs. The program encourages both innovative new collaborations and the safeguarding of existing efforts, with a particular focus on maintaining or increasing the amount of regionally produced food served to students. The application process is streamlined, and the review criteria simplified, to make the program more accessible and responsive to the needs of the regional food economy.
