Vermont has been conducting Local Food Counts since 2011 with the most recent taking place in 2020. In order to provide data for our regional percentage, our Research team used the proportions from Vermont’s 2020 count and applied the data to the 2022 USDA food expenditure data. As a result, the Vermont calculations for total and local food expenditures in this reporting reflect a 2022 estimate and do not match what is reflected in Farm to Plate’s Data Dashboard from 2020.
Note About Connecticut Maps: Although Connecticut has not had county governments since 1960, county boundaries have historically been used to depict data. For example, all USDA Census of Agriculture data for Connecticut is collected at a county-level. In 2022, the U.S. Census Bureau shifted to using Connecticut’s nine planning regions as county equivalent geographic units for data collection. This has presented a challenge for depicting data for Connecticut’s planning regions in Tableau. This mapping challenge has not been resolved yet, but when a solution is available, we will update Connecticut maps.
Join the New England Food System Planners Partnership as we address this question during our webinar: A Regional Approach to Food System Resilience, based on the four-volume report of foundational food system data commissioned and released in June 2023.
The report lays out an unprecedented compilation of the most current New England food systems data and frames the data intentionally to inspire conversation and action to reach the report’s proposed goal of New England producing and consuming 30% of its food by 2030.
Lead project managers, partners, and report researchers will join us to dig into the data. They will provide a short summary of the volumes, breakout sessions and offer a Q&A, with the goal of helping you and your organization utilize the report in strategic planning, fundraising, advocacy, and other work as we continue to build vibrant food systems in New England.