| Jurisdiction Name: | Wyandotte County |
| State/Province: | KS |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality/County |
| Population: | 161,777 |
| Population Range: | 50,000 to 249,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | legislation and regulations |
| Year: | 2016 |
| GFC Topic: | community food production |
| Keywords: | animal husbandry, animal permit, backyard animals, chickens, ordinance, permit, small animals, zoning, zoning district |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Director of Animal Control |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | n/a |
| Policy Outcome(s): | Sets out rules and regulations for the keeping of livestock, prohibitions on swine, manure handling, enclosure location and maintenance and process for loose livestock restrained by the director of animal control. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
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Code of Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas: Ordinance No. 15228
| Jurisdiction Name: | Wyandotte County |
| State/Province: | KS |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality/County |
| Population: | 161,777 |
| Population Range: | 50,000 to 249,999 |
| Policy Links: | |
| Policy type: | legislation and regulations |
| Year: | 2015 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections |
| Keywords: | farmers markets, food access, locally grown food, ordinance, permit, zoning district, zoning ordinance |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Department of Urban Planning and Land Use |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | n/a |
| Policy Outcome(s): | The ordinance expands access to local, healthy food by simplifying the processes governed by local law for establishing farmers’ markets. The amendments provide a definition for farmers’ markets, amend the allowable special uses to include farmers’ markets, and allow farmers’ markets as a permissible accessory use in the following districts or their equivalents: AG, C-0, C-1, C-D, C-2, C-3, M-1, M-2, M-3, and TND. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
Healthy Communities Wyandotte: Recommendations for a Better Future
| Jurisdiction Name: | Wyandotte County |
| State/Province: | KS |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality/County |
| Population: | 161,777 |
| Population Range: | 50,000 to 249,999 |
| Policy Links: | |
| Policy type: | plan |
| Year: | 2010 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food security |
| Keywords: | community health, education, health promoting, healthy eating, healthy food, healthy food access, incentives, infrastructure, nutrition education, public health, school garden, zoning ordinance |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Healthy Communities Wyandotte Steering Committee |
| Support Entity(s): | Community Action Teams |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | n/a |
| Policy Outcome(s): | The coalition convened “Action Teams” in select focus areas to create recommended strategies for improved health in the county. The Action Teams strive to improve Wyandotte County’s food environment so that all residents can and want to eat healthy food by recommending changes in the realms of communication, environmental infrastructure, education, nutrition, and health services. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
Wyandotte County Land Bank: Section 12. Agreements for Temporary Land Use: Adopt-a-Lot Program
| Jurisdiction Name: | Wyandotte County |
| State/Province: | KS |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality/County |
| Population: | 161,777 |
| Population Range: | 50,000 to 249,999 |
| Policy Links: | |
| Policy type: | program |
| Year: | Adopted 2015, Updated 2016 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food production |
| Keywords: | community, community garden, land bank, land use, recreation, vacant land |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Wyandotte County Land Bank |
| Support Entity(s): | Land Bank Advisory Board |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | n/a |
| Policy Outcome(s): | This document provides policy and procedure guidelines regarding the Wyandotte County Land Bank. The land bank seeks to make productive use of vacant lands within the community and establishes an adopt-a-lot program to convert vacant land to green space and gardens. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
H2O to Grow Grant Program, Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas
| Jurisdiction Name: | Wyandotte County |
| State/Province: | KS |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality/County |
| Population: | 161,777 |
| Population Range: | 50,000 to 249,999 |
| Policy Links: | |
| Policy type: | investment |
| Year: | 2013 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food production |
| Keywords: | community food and agriculture, community garden, community health, food desert, grant, grant program, health promoting, irrigation, local food, urban farming, water, water access, water conservation |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | H2O to Grow Coalition |
| Support Entity(s): | Unified Government Health Department |
| Funding Amount: | $50,000.00 |
| Funding Sources: | Unified Government Department of Public Works |
| Policy Outcome(s): | Established an H20 to Grow Grant Fund offering $50,000 in grant funds to community gardeners for water access. This grant provides qualified applicants with funding to pay the cost of installing a water tap to facilitate local growth of produce. Provides assistance for small scale growers to overcome the financial barrier of the cost of new water tap connections, the cost of which can range from four to nine thousand dollars. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
Zoning Law for Community and Home Gardens, City of Jamestown, NY
| Jurisdiction Name: | City of Jamestown |
| State/Province: | NY |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 30,345 |
| Population Range: | 20,000 to 49,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | legislation and regulations |
| Year: | 2013 |
| GFC Topic: | community food production |
| Keywords: | community garden, garden, residential zoning district, soil, urban garden, zoning |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | City of Jamestown |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | City Department of Development |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | n/a |
| Policy Outcome(s): | Provides guidance on where community and home gardens can be located within Jamestown’s zoning code; provides rules about fencing, soil testing, setbacks, signage, composting, watering, and supply storage; and prohibits site users from using pesticides. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
Amendment to Portland City Code, Chapter 11 Food and Food Handlers, RE: Food Trucks and Community Kitchens
| Jurisdiction Name: | Portland |
| State/Province: | ME |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 66,649 |
| Population Range: | 50,000 to 249,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | legislation and regulations |
| Year: | 2016 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections |
| Keywords: | food policy, food production, food safety, food truck, mobile, mobile vending |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Portland City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | City of Portland Health Inspector |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | n/a |
| Policy Outcome(s): | Simplifies definitions for Base Station, Mobile Food Service Establishment, and Community Kitchen (now Commissary) to align with the Maine Food Code. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
Chapter 17 Article II. Humane Treatment of Animals, City of Burlington
| Jurisdiction Name: | City of Burlington |
| State/Province: | VT |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 42,556 |
| Population Range: | 20,000 to 49,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | regulation |
| Year: | 2015 |
| GFC Topic: | community food production |
| Keywords: | animals, backyard animals, backyard chickens, chicken, chickens, cuniculture, keeping of animals, small animals, urban agriculture |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Burlington City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | City of Burlington |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | n/a |
| Policy Outcome(s): | Defines the standards of humane treatment of pets and livestock and which animals are acceptable within the city limits. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
Chapter 17 Article III. Regulation of the Slaughter of Chickens, Rabbits, Goats and Sheep, City of Burlington
| Jurisdiction Name: | City of Burlington |
| State/Province: | VT |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 42,556 |
| Population Range: | 20,000 to 49,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | regulation |
| Year: | 2015 |
| GFC Topic: | community food production |
| Keywords: | animals, backyard animals, backyard chickens, chicken, chickens, cuniculture, food processing, food production, keeping of animals, livestock, meat, small animals, urban agriculture |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Burlington City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | City of Burlington |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | n/a |
| Policy Outcome(s): | This ordinance establishes minimum standards for the slaughter of chickens, rabbits, goats, and sheep which have been or will be used for food. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
Regional Food System Action Plan, Metro Vancouver
| Jurisdiction Name: | Metro Vancouver Region |
| State/Province: | BC |
| Country: | Canada |
| Type of Government: | Regional Agency |
| Population: | 2.46 million |
| Population Range: | 1 million or more |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | plan |
| Year: | 2016 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food production, community food security |
| Keywords: | agriculture, community garden, economic development, economic viability, farmers market, farmland preservation, food access, food distribution, food infrastructure, food processing, food procurement, food production, food purchasing, food security, food system, land use, local food, low-income, rural agriculture, staffing, sustainability, urban agriculture, zoning |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Metro Vancouver Regional District Board (MVRD), City of Burnaby Council, City of New Westminster Council, City of North Vancouver Council, District of North Vancouver Council, City of Pitt Meadows Council, City of Port Coquitlam Council, City of Port Moody Council, City of Richmond Council, City of Surrey Council, City of White Rock Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Metro Vancouver |
| Support Entity(s): | City of Burnaby Council, City of New Westminster Council, City of North Vancouver Council, District of North Vancouver Council, City of Pitt Meadows Council, City of Port Coquitlam Council, City of Port Moody Council, City of Richmond Council, City of Surrey Council, City of White Rock Council |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | n/a |
| Policy Outcome(s): | This is the next iteration of planning after the Regional Food System Strategy plan from 2011 and identifies actions that local governments will undertake in the following 3-5 years. 160 existing planned actions are identified and 18 new collaborative actions are proposed. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |