| Jurisdiction Name: | Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission |
| State/Province: | PA |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Regional Agency |
| Population: | 5,965,343 |
| Population Range: | 1 million or more |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | plan |
| Year: | 2011 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food production, community food security |
| Keywords: | access, agriculture, buy local, conservation, distribution infrastructure, eating here, economic development, farmland, farmland preservation, food access, food distribution, food infrastructure, food production, food security, food system, food system plan, foodshed, healthy, healthy eating, healthy food, healthy food access, land use, local, local food, philadelphia food system plan, preservation, production, sustainability, sustainable agriculture |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission |
| Support Entity(s): | Greater Philadelphia Food System Stakeholder Committee |
| Funding Amount: | not available |
| Funding Sources: | DVRPC |
| Policy Outcome(s): | identified opportunities to develop the regional economy and strengthen Philadelphia’s agricultural sector, decrease waste and want, improve public health, protect the region |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
