Improve incomes, and access to benefits, for individuals employed in businesses along the food production supply chain.
Below are Population Indicators - data points tracking change and progress toward Framework goals.
Other suggestions for data measures? Let us know.
Occupational Employment and Wage State Statistics (Occupational Employment Statistics, Farming, Fishing and Forestry Occupations. ”State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, Maine”. US Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov/data/.)
Data in this table for farming, fishing and forestry:
Data in this table for food prep and serving:
MECEP State of Working Maine 2018 (also did this report in 2017, so it may continue) shares info using data such as: US Bureau of Economic Analysis and the US Census Bureau American Community Survey, along with info from MIT about living wages, etc.
Data from page 26 of the 2018 report that focuses on part-time workers in Maine. This data comes from MECEP analysis of US Census Bureau data. Link to report here.
Below are case studies, Performance Measures, that illustrate some of the ways Maine programs and projects are making measurable improvements to Maine’s food system. There are many more examples of programs doing great work advancing Framework goals, and we want to hear them!! Please visit the “Submit your Story” tab for more information and to submit a case study that will be published here.
