ABOUT

The New England Farm to Institution Metrics Dashboard provides at-a-glance information about the farm to institution sector in New England. The dashboard shows the scope and impact of the food purchases made by K-12 schools, institutions of higher education, and hospitals. It also shows how these and other types of institutions make an impact on New England food producers and food distributors.

The New England Farm to Institution Metrics Project was initiated by FINE in March of 2015 to inform New England farm to institution stakeholders (e.g., practitioners, policy makers, funders and financers, researchers) about the role of the farm to institution sector in our regional food system. The project covers all facets of the supply chain, from production to distribution and consumption. Our focus is on three institutional sectors: schools, colleges and hospitals.

Project data comes from secondary sources like the USDA's Farm to School Census and Census of Agriculture, and Health Care Without Harm’s Healthy Food in Health Care Survey. In addition to our secondary research, we have implemented four original surveys designed to fill gaps in existing baseline information on the farm to institution sector in New England.

Have fun exploring, and let us know if you have any feedback!

PROJECT TEAM

Hannah Leighton, Research and Evaluation Manager
Lydia Oberholtzer, Project Consultant
Sarah Lyman, Communications Manager
Peter Allison, Executive Director

FUNDERS

Farm to Institution New England received gracious funding from the following funders to conduct research and develop this dashboard.