Public policies are supportive of farms, fisheries and other food production supply chain businesses that contribute to communities, local economies, and natural resource sustainability.
Public policies are supportive of farms, fisheries and other food production supply chain businesses that contribute to communities, local economies, and natural resource sustainability.
Below are Population Indicators - data points tracking change and progress toward Framework goals.
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Maine Farm Bureau information on the current legislature and their stance on various bills: Link here.
Maine Environmental Priorities Coalition Priorities List here. This list, which is available every year from 2008-2018 highlights the legislative priorities of this coalition, and highlights which bills they were successful in influencing, or not. There are food and farm related bills that appear on the list in many years.
Maine State Legislature, Legislative Digest of Bill Summaries and Enacted Laws, and in order to focus, gathering the number of bills passed/enacted each year from within the Joint Standing Committees on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry and Marine Resources.
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.