Jurisdiction Name: | Orange County |
State/Province: | NY |
Country: | United States |
Type of Government: | County |
Population: | 372,813 |
Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
Policy type: | plan |
Year: | 1996 |
GFC Topic: | community food production |
Keywords: | agribusiness, agribusiness infrastructure, agriculture, economic development, farm, farmland, farmland protection, food infrastructure, food production, infrastructure, land use, local, local farm products, local food, plan, production, protection, rural, rural agriculture, value-added, value-added production |
Adopting Government Department(s): | Orange County Executive |
Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Orange County Department of Planning, Orange County Agriculture and Farmland Protection Board |
Support Entity(s): | n/a |
Funding Amount: | not applicable |
Funding Sources: | not applicable |
Policy Outcome(s): | Resulted in recommendations to protect agricultural industry and farmland; led to development of the Orange County Agricultural Economic Development Strategy (2004) (note: plan is being updated in 2014) |
Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |