| Jurisdiction Name: | Calgary |
| State/Province: | AB |
| Country: | Canada |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 1,239,220 |
| Population Range: | 1 million or more |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | plan |
| Year: | 2012 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food production, community food security |
| Keywords: | city, distribution, evaluation, food access, food consumption, food insecurity, food production, food security, food system, food systems, food systems plan, food systems planning, food waste reduction, land use, local food system, plan, retail, sustainable local food system, urban agriculture |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | City of Calgary Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | City of Calgary, Calgary Food Committee |
| Support Entity(s): | Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development; Alberta Health Services |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | n/a |
| Policy Outcome(s): | The plan provides a baseline analysis of Calgary’s food system in order to identify issues, areas of opportunity, and gaps between the city’s current food system and previously identified targets. The plan also includes community action plans to develop and implement effective food practices at a localized level. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
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Chautauqua County Farmland Protection Plan
| Jurisdiction Name: | Chautauqua County |
| State/Province: | NY |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | County |
| Population: | 131,748 |
| Population Range: | 50,000 to 249,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | plan |
| Year: | 2000 |
| GFC Topic: | community food production |
| Keywords: | agribusiness, agricultural economy, agriculture, economic development, farmland preservation, farmland protection, right-to-farm, zoning |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Chautauqua County Legislature |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Chautauqua County Agriculture and Farmland Protection Board |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | Agribusiness, Chautauqua County, Cornell Cooperative Extension, lending institutions, Soil and Water Conservation District, local taxes |
| Policy Outcome(s): | The plan’s mission is to “[e]nhance opportunities for the growth of agriculture and agribusiness and for the preservation and protection of viable farmland in Chautauqua County.” Successful strategies will (i) increase profitability of farming and business development in support of farming, (ii) protect, preserve and conserve farmland and forestland, and (iii) retain and develop agribusiness. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 – Link 2 – Link 3 |
Committing to a Food Secure and Hunger Free San Francisco, Resolution No. 447-13
| Jurisdiction Name: | San Francisco City and County |
| State/Province: | CA |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality/County |
| Population: | 827,420 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | resolution |
| Year: | 2013 |
| GFC Topic: | community food security |
| Keywords: | database, food assistance, food security, home-delivered grocery, nutrition, nutrition standards, partnership, private, program, public, public private partnership, seniors, shelter meals, single room occupancy hotel, standards, voucher program, youth |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | City and County of San Francisco Board of Supervisors |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | San Francisco Food Security Task Force |
| Support Entity(s): | Tenderloin Hunger Taskforce, CalFresh Program, San Francisco Department of Aging and Adult Services, San Francisco Department of Human Services, Department of Children, Youth and their Families, Food Security Task Force, Planning Department |
| Funding Amount: | not available |
| Funding Sources: | not available |
| Policy Outcome(s): | established San Francisco’s commitment to ensure that all San Franciscans are food secure and hunger free by 2020, committed to increasing use of federal nutrition programs, support community food assistance organizations, work with private sector to create a local food supplement and work with private sector to increase resident food preparation skills, particularly in single room occupancy hotels (SRO); required the development of strategies for increasing enrolment in CalFresh; required the analysis of funding and policies required to ensure homebound and disabled seniors are served within 30 days and in an emergency, within 2 to 5 days; required the development of a city-wide home-delivered grocery program in partnership with community organizations; required the determination of the cost of shelter meals that meet the nutritional standards of the senior congregate meal program; required a plan to expand the sponsors for youth meals and snacks; required the exploration of strategies for a voucher redeemable for healthy foods at local retailers; required information on strategies to improve food security among residents of SROs; required a plan to make food program datasets available through DataSF; required food security issues to be integrated in the General Plan |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
Chautauqua 20/20 Comprehensive Plan, Chautauqua County, New York
| Jurisdiction Name: | Chautauqua County |
| State/Province: | NY |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | County |
| Population: | 131,748 |
| Population Range: | 50,000 to 249,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | plan |
| Year: | 2011 |
| GFC Topic: | community food production |
| Keywords: | agriculture, agritourism, comprehensive plan, conservation, education, farmland preservation, organic, right-to-farm, zoning |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Chautauqua County Legislature |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Chautauqua County Department of Planning and Economic Development |
| Support Entity(s): | Chautauqua County Planning Board, Legislative Comprehensive Plan Task Force |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | Chautauqua County (funded by the act of legislature in October 2007) |
| Policy Outcome(s): | The comprehensive plan includes a section on Agriculture/ Foods, originating from a similarly named Focus Group. The top priorities are to preserve farmland by identifying and maintaining priority agriculture districts, supporting right-to-farm laws, and implementing strong agricultural zoning. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 – Link 2 |
Harford County 2012 Master Plan and Land Use Element Plan, Bill No. 12-01
| Jurisdiction Name: | Harford County |
| State/Province: | MD |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | County |
| Population: | 249,215 |
| Population Range: | 50,000 to 249,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | bill |
| Year: | 2012 |
| GFC Topic: | community food production |
| Keywords: | advertisements on barns, agriculture, barn, buy local, local, local food, locally grown food, marketing, master plan |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | County Council of Harford County |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Harford County Executive |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | |
| Funding Sources: | Harford County Executive |
| Policy Outcome(s): | provided support for agriculture and food related projects and programs; the Buy Local marketing campaign resulted in buy local barn ads and farms website |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 – Link 2 – Link 3 |
Denver Food in Communities, Denver, Colorado
| Jurisdiction Name: | Denver |
| State/Province: | CO |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality/County |
| Population: | 600,158 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | project |
| Year: | 2019 |
| GFC Topic: | community food security |
| Keywords: | affordability, community engagement, culturally appropriate, food access, food equity, food policy council, fresh produce, needs assessment, technical assistance, underserved |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Denver City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Denver Department of Public Health & Environment |
| Support Entity(s): | Jefferson County Public Health; Tri-County Health Department; Denver Sustainable Food Policy Council; Local community food coalitions |
| Funding Amount: | $2,000,000 for three years (2019-2021) |
| Funding Sources: | Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's Cancer, Cardiovascular, Pulmonary Disease (CCPD) Grant Program |
| Policy Outcome(s): | Denver Food in Communities is a three-year project with the goal of strengthening complete neighborhood food environments through needs-assessment analysis and community collaborations to design and test food access, justice, and/or business pilot projects. The project team also plans to support food policy councils to advocate for policies that support community food needs. Predicted outcomes of the project include increasing: food access points, supportive food system policies and laws, equitable access to ‘fresh, affordable, culturally relevant food,’ and investment in neighborhood food environments. Denver Food in Communities is a project outlined in the Denver Food Action Plan, a supplementary document to the city and county food systems plan, Denver Food Vision. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 – Link 2 |
Creating the Homegrown Minneapolis Food Council, Resolution No. 2011R-445
| Jurisdiction Name: | Minneapolis |
| State/Province: | MN |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 392,880 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | resolution |
| Year: | 2011 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food production, community food security |
| Keywords: | compost, composting, consumption, culture, distribution, environmentally sustainable, equitable, fair, food celebration, food composting, food consumption, food distribution, food policy council, food processing, food production, food promotion, health promoting, healthy, healthy food, homegrown minneapolis, homegrown minneapolis food council, inclusive, local, local food, locally grown food, processing, production, promotion, resilient, sustainability, sustainable food, transparent |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Minneapolis City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Minneapolis Health Department, Homegrown Minneapolis Coordinator |
| Support Entity(s): | Minneapolis City Council, Minneapolis Mayor's Office, Minneapolis Department of Community Planning and Economic Development, Minneapolis City Coordinator, Minneapolis Attorney |
| Funding Amount: | not available |
| Funding Sources: | not available |
| Policy Outcome(s): | established the Homegrown Minneapolis Food Council, a city advisory board |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 – Link 2 – Link 3 |
Community of Opportunity Application Form
Is your community interested in strengthening its food system through planning and policy? 
Growing Food Connections is in the process of selecting up to 8 local governments in urban and rural communities across the U.S. to receive free technical assistance and guidance on how to develop tools and policies that support local farms and improve food security.
If your local government is interested in strengthening its food systems, consider nominating your community to be a Growing Food Connections (GFC) Community of Opportunity by submitting an application form. GFC is a five-year initiative to build the capacity of local governments to use policy and planning tools to strengthen community food systems. Selected GFC Communities of Opportunity will receive free technical assistance to develop and deploy policy tools to strengthen food systems. This will include training workshops, webinars, peer-to-peer mentoring among community partners, and consultation on developing policies, partnerships, and public investments that will lay the foundation for stronger food systems.
Local governments, community organizations, or interested food systems stakeholders from any region of the United States are welcome to submit an application for a United States municipality/county* to be considered as a GFC Community of Opportunity, however only communities with local government involvement will be selected.
* Growing Food Connections is a USDA-supported grant which is focused on United States municipalities. Canadian and Mexican municipalities are not eligible.
Submit an application today.
Complete applications are due Friday, September 5, 2014.
To be considered as a Community of Opportunity please fill out the application form below. Communities are required to have a local government representative as part of their team. The Application Form must be filled out by a local government representative.
Although we will select only a limited number of communities, the Growing Food Connections website will have free resources that are available to all communities.
If you have questions about the application, please contact growingfoodconnections@ap.buffalo.edu.
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Food Scrap Drop-Off Program, Town of Freeport, Maine
| Jurisdiction Name: | Freeport |
| State/Province: | ME |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 8,242 |
| Population Range: | 2,500 to 19,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | program |
| Year: | 2014 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food production |
| Keywords: | community, compost, composting, food waste, organics conversion, recovery |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Freeport Town Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Town of Freeport |
| Support Entity(s): | We Compost It! |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | n/a |
| Policy Outcome(s): | Creates an opportunity for residents of the Town to recycle food scraps at the local transfer facility, free of charge; partners with a local composting facility to process the food scraps and donate compost to local schools. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 – Link 2 |
Portland Plan, Resolution No. 36918
| Jurisdiction Name: | Portland |
| State/Province: | OR |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 583,776 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | resolution |
| Year: | 2012 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections |
| Keywords: | access, affordability, affordable, food access, food affordability, food security, food system, food systems, food systems planning, healthy, healthy food, plan, resolution |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Portland City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | n/a |
| Support Entity(s): | multiple governmental and non-governmental organizations (see page 99 of plan for more details) |
| Funding Amount: | |
| Funding Sources: | |
| Policy Outcome(s): | addressed access to healthy, affordable food (e.g. objective 24, policy H-15) |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 – Link 2 |