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Regional Partnerships and Approaches to Farm to Institution - presentation
1. Regional Partnerships and
Approaches to Farm to Institution
Peter Allison, Farm to Institution New England (FINE)
peter@farmtoinstitution.org; 802.436.4067
Kelly Erwin, Massachusetts Farm to School Program/ RSC
Member for Northeast FTS Steering Committee
kea@massfarmtoschool.org; 413-253-3844
Christine James, John Merck Fund
cjames@jmfund.org; 617-556-4120
Kathy Lawrence, School Food FOCUS
klawrence@schoolfoodfocus.org; 914.708.7053
Vanessa Herald, UW-Madison Center for Integrated
Agricultural Systems/ RLA- Great Lakes Region of the
National Farm to School Network
vherald@wisc.edu; 608.263.6064
2. What is one issue related to partnerships and collaboration that you want
to talk about today?
4. Collective Impact
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-
sector coordination, yet the social sector remains
focused on the isolated intervention of individual
organizations.
Collective Impact: By John Kania & Mark Kramer, published in Stanford Social Innovation Review,
Winter 2011
http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/collective_impact
5. FINE - Overview
Six-state collaboration working to strengthen our
regional food system by increasing the demand and
use of New England food by New England
institutions
Initiated by the National Farm to School Network
(Northeast Regional Steering Committee) with
strong support from the six New England Chief
Agriculture Officers
Base of engaged funders – USDA-RD, John Merck
Fund, Kendall Foundation, and others
Expanding partnership to include change agents in
hospitals, colleges, corporations, and agencies
Effective involvement by government entities
6. FINE Structure
Leadership Team
Coordinator
Fiscal Sponsor
Workgroup Leaders
Project Leaders
Community of
Practice/Learning
Communities
7. Overview of FINE Projects
Supply Chain Focus Cross-Cutting Strategies
Distribution Identify barriers
Conduct pilot projects and
Processing research
Procurement Support state projects and
Scratch Cooking networks
Convene partners &
Product Focus: Beef to learning communities
Institution
Recommend policy
change
Measure progress
Share information
www.FarmToInstitution.org
8. Why focus on institutions?
Logical outgrowth of
FTS efforts
Institutions have lots of
consumers – In New
England:
2.16 million K-12 students
($150 million school food
purchases)
900 thousand college and
university students and staff
43 thousand people hospital
staff
Institutions are stable
Institutions are visible
to current and future
leaders
9. Why focus on a regional
approach?
There is a New
England regional
identity
Producers and
consumers are split
geographically
MA has 50% of
population
VT raises 50% of dairy
and beef
ME has 50% of acres
of berries and
10. Why focus regionally?
Each state has
unique assets to
share with the others
Food system
companies cross
state lines
Producers,
distributors, food
service companies
Potentially greater
policy influence
11. What is challenging?
It’s a big place and people are
busy – hard to get together in
person and to keep up
States do have their own
agendas, structures and
identity
Real and perceived
competition between partners
and region for:
Dollars
Leadership and credit
Time and attention of leaders
The existential questions:
Who we are – Who is a
partner? What does that
mean?
12. Where are we heading?
Expand and clearly define
partner base
Develop targeted
measurement strategies
Create a more advanced
and integrated
communication system
Continue pilot and
research projects
Convene regional
communities of practice/
learning communities
Support our state
programs and networks
that support the regional
collaboration
Notas del editor
CT - spends more on DoD Fresh than all other 6 states togetherMA – Coordinated procurement program addresses multiple sectorsRI - FTS in all school districts/ RI GAP makes it easier for institutions to buy from local growersNH – strong research and program base at UNH VT and ME strong and diverse network of FTS leaders