Key Metrics

The following key metrics have been established to help guide progress in achieving the plan's goals:

• Double the number of acres in Lancaster County that are growing edible food by 2035. (From a 2017 baseline of 341.)
• Triple the number of institutions who are sourcing local food by 2035. (From a 2023 baseline of 6.)
• Triple the number of community gardens in Lancaster County by 2035. (From a 2023 baseline of 13.)
• Reduce by half the number of census tracts that have low or very low healthy food access by 2035. (From a 2023 baseline of 20.)