| Jurisdiction Name: | Cabarrus County |
| State/Province: | NC |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | County |
| Population: | 184,498 |
| Population Range: | 50,000 to 249,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | resolution |
| Year: | 2010 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections |
| Keywords: | agriculture, buy local, community garden, economic development, food policy council, food system, health, kannapolis demonstration garden, local, local food, locally grown marketing campaign, marketing, public funds, sustainability, sustainable |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | n/a |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | $7,000/yr |
| Funding Sources: | Cabarrus County |
| Policy Outcome(s): | resolution established the Cabarrus County Food Policy County; the Food Policy Council developed as an outcome of the Central Area planning process; led and funded the creation of the Locally Grown Marketing Campaign – http://www.cabarrusfpc.org/eat-local/locally-grown-campaign/; spearheaded the Kannapolis Demonstration Garden project – http://www.cabarrusfpc.org/local-food-projects/community-gardens/ |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 – Link 2 |
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Local Food Purchasing Policy, Resolution No. 496-a
| Jurisdiction Name: | Albany County |
| State/Province: | NY |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | County |
| Population: | 97,856 |
| Population Range: | 50,000 to 249,999 |
| Policy Links: | |
| Policy type: | resolution |
| Year: | 2009 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections |
| Keywords: | economic viability, food procurement, food production, food purchasing, healthy, healthy food, local, local food, local food production, local food purchasing policy, procurement, production, purchasing, regional diet, resolution |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Albany County Legislature |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Albany County Purchasing Agent, Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | not available |
| Funding Sources: | not available |
| Policy Outcome(s): | resolution tasked the Albany County Purchasing Agent to purchase local food products for Albany County Residential Healthcare Facilities and the Albany County Correctional Facility |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
Food Policy Coordinator for the City of New York and City Agency Food Standards, Executive Order No. 122 of 2008
| Jurisdiction Name: | New York |
| State/Province: | NY |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 8,175,133 |
| Population Range: | 1 million or more |
| Policy Links: | |
| Policy type: | executive order |
| Year: | 2008 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food production, community food security |
| Keywords: | access, advisory board, advisory group, city agency food standards, food access, food assistance, food policy coordinator, food policy task force, food procurement, food standards, food support programs, healthy, healthy food, local, local food, local food procurement, procurement, staffing, standards, sustainability, task force |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Mayor of the City of New York |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | New York City Office of the Mayor, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York City Coordinator, all New York City agencies |
| Support Entity(s): | New York City Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York City Department of Education, New York City Human Resources Administration, New York City Office of the City Council Speaker, Council on the Environment of New York City |
| Funding Amount: | not available |
| Funding Sources: | not available |
| Policy Outcome(s): | established the Food Policy Coordinator position within the Office of the Mayor; established requirements and responsibilities of the Food Policy Coordinator; established the New York City Food Standards; mandated all New York City agencies to follow the standards for food purchased, prepared and/or served by the agency and/or agency contractors; NYC Food Standards include Meals/Snacks Purchased and Served (enacted September 2008; established sustainability recommendations in addition to other requirements); Beverage Vending Machines (enacted May 2009); Food Vending Machines (enacted December 2011); Meetings & Events (enacted March 2013); and Commissaries (enacted March 2013) |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
FoodWorks: A Vision to Improve NYC
| Jurisdiction Name: | New York |
| State/Province: | NY |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 8,175,133 |
| Population Range: | 1 million or more |
| Policy Links: | |
| Policy type: | plan |
| Year: | 2010 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food production, community food security |
| Keywords: | SNAP, WIC, access, agricultural production, agriculture, compost, composting, consumption, distribution, economic viability, environmental sustainability, farm, farmer, food access, food consumption, food distribution, food processing, food production, food transport, food work, hunger, local, local food, local food access, obesity, post-consumption, processing, produce market, production, regional, regional agriculture, regional farmers, regional farms, rural, rural agriculture, sustainability, transport, urban, urban agriculture |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | New York City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | New York City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn |
| Support Entity(s): | Baum Forum, New York City Coalition Against Hunger, The New School, Earth Institute at Columbia University, FGE Food & Nutrition Team, New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, Karp Resources, Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture |
| Funding Amount: | not available |
| Funding Sources: | not available |
| Policy Outcome(s): | Plan proposed a series of initiatives and policy changes at each phase of New York City |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
PlaNYC: A Greener, Greater New York, 2011 Update
| Jurisdiction Name: | New York |
| State/Province: | NY |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 8,175,133 |
| Population Range: | 1 million or more |
| Policy Links: | |
| Policy type: | plan |
| Year: | 2011 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food production, community food security |
| Keywords: | access, community garden, distribution, farm, farmers market, farmers market expansion at community garden sites, farming, food access, food distribution, food retail, food transport, food waste, food waste reduction, healthy food, healthy food access, healthy food retail, plan update, retail, school, school garden, school gardens, sustainability, sustainability plan, sustainable farming techniques, transport, waste, watershed agricultural council |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | New York City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | New York City Mayor's Office of Long-Term Planning And Sustainability, New York City Mayor's Office of Recovery and Resiliency |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | not available |
| Funding Sources: | not available |
| Policy Outcome(s): | Published pursuant to Local Law 17 of 2008; established food as one of several cross-cutting topics; food policy initiatives are integrated throughout the plan: housing and neighborhoods, parks and public space, brownfields, water supply, transportation, and solid waste; plan established goals and strategies related to healthy food access, healthy food retail, farmers market expansion at community garden sites, school gardens, Watershed Agricultural Council, sustainable farming techniques, food distribution and transport, food waste reduction for food-related businesses. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
Land Tenure Provisions for Farmers
| Jurisdiction Name: | Seattle |
| State/Province: | WA |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 634,535 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | ordinance |
| Year: | 2009 |
| GFC Topic: | community food production |
| Keywords: | farmers market, fee, fee schedule, fruit, ordinance, permit, permit fees, produce, vegetables |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Seattle City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Seattle Office of Economic Development, Seattle Department of Transportation, Seattle Parks and Recreation |
| Support Entity(s): | not applicable |
| Funding Amount: | variable amount dependent on fee structure |
| Funding Sources: | City of Seattle, fee reduction |
| Policy Outcome(s): | streamlined the permit process for farmers markets; the Office of Economic Development will serve as a one-stop permit process; SDOT has reduced the permit fees by only requiring one permit per year and not requiring site inspection |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
Urban Agriculture Zoning Regulations, Ordinance No. 123378
| Jurisdiction Name: | Seattle |
| State/Province: | WA |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 634,535 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | ordinance |
| Year: | 2010 |
| GFC Topic: | community food production |
| Keywords: | agriculture, backyard chickens, chickens, community garden, farm, farmers market, food production, food sales, land use, land use code, production, rooftop, rooftop garden, urban, urban agriculture, urban farm, zoning, zoning ordinance |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Seattle City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Seattle Department of Planning and Development |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | |
| Funding Sources: | |
| Policy Outcome(s): | ordinance amended the city’s land use code to expand opportunities for urban agriculture (Sections 23.40.002, 23.42.052, 23.43.006, 23.43.040, 23.44.006, 23.44.040, 23.45.504, 23.45.506, 23.45.508, 23.45.514, 23.45.545, 23.47A.004, 23.47A.011, 23.47A.012, 23.48.010, 23.49.008, 23.50.012, 23.50.020, 23.54.015, 23.84A.002, 23.84A.014, and 23.84A.036; adding new sections to Chapters 23.42 and 23.44; and amending the title of subchapter II of Chapter 23.44); code changes provide increased opportunities to grow and sell food in all zones; code changes allow “urban farms” and “community gardens” in all zones, with some limitations in industrial zones; allow residents to sell food grown on their property; formally recognize farmer’s markets and allow them in more Seattle areas; allow dedicated food production on rooftop greenhouses with a 15-foot exemption to height limits in a variety of higher density zones |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 – Link 2 |
Rainer Beach Urban Farm & Wetlands, Ordinance No. 123560
| Jurisdiction Name: | Seattle |
| State/Province: | WA |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 634,535 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
| Policy Links: | |
| Policy type: | ordinance |
| Year: | 2011 |
| GFC Topic: | community food production |
| Keywords: | agriculture, community, farm, food production, green infrastructure, infrastructure, levy, organic, park and green spaces levy, production, urban, urban agriculture, urban farm |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Seattle City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Seattle Parks and Recreation, Department of Neighborhoods, Friends of Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands, Seattle Tilth, Berger Partnership |
| Support Entity(s): | Seattle Parks Foundation |
| Funding Amount: | $550,000.00 |
| Funding Sources: | Parks and Green Spaces Levy Opportunity Fund - $500,000; Department of Neighborhoods Neighborhood Matching Fund - $50,000 |
| Policy Outcome(s): | Parks and Green Spaces Levy |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 – Link 2 |
Seattle Food Action Plan, Resolution No. 31441
| Jurisdiction Name: | Seattle |
| State/Province: | WA |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 634,535 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
| Policy Links: | |
| Policy type: | plan |
| Year: | 2012 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections |
| Keywords: | access, affordable, agricultural land, composting, culturally appropriate, farmland, food access, food affordability, food production, food retail, food system, food waste, healthy, healthy food, local, local food, production, retail, retailer, strategies, sustainability, sustainable, waste |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Seattle City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Office of Sustainability and Environment, Seattle Food Interdepartmental Team |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | not applicable |
| Funding Sources: | not applicable |
| Policy Outcome(s): | Food Action Plan is an outcome of the Local Food Action Initiative; plan outlines goals for achieving a healthy food system; plan includes specific strategies to achieve higher-level goals of the Local Food Action Initiative; nearly all of the City’s food initiatives originate from this plan. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 – Link 2 |
Regional Transfer of Development Rights, Ordinance No. 124285
| Jurisdiction Name: | Seattle |
| State/Province: | WA |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality/County |
| Population: | 634,535 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | ordinance |
| Year: | 2013 |
| GFC Topic: | community food production |
| Keywords: | TDR, agricultural land, agriculture, farmland, farmland protection, interlocal agreement, landscape conservation and local infrastructure conservation program, program, region, regional, rural, rural agriculture, transfer of development rights, urban, zoning |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Seattle City Council, Metropolitan King County Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Seattle Planning and Development, Central Budget Office, Seattle Parks and Recreation, Seattle Department of Transportation |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | see http://clerk.seattle.gov/~public/fnote/117832.pdf |
| Funding Sources: | see http://clerk.seattle.gov/~public/fnote/117832.pdf |
| Policy Outcome(s): | An agreement between the City of Seattle and King County authorized incorporated areas to receive development rights transferred from rural and resource unincorporated areas; the agreement will protect up to 25,000 acres of farm and forest land by transferring development rights into the City of Seattle; program steers development growth away from rural and resource lands into King County |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 – Link 2 – Link 3 |