| 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 |
