| 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: | 2011 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food production, community food security |
| Keywords: | agriculture, community garden, development, farmers market, farmland preservation, food access, food infrastructure, food processing, food procurement, food production, food purchasing, food security, food system, food system metrics, healthy food, land use, local food, rural agriculture, sustainability, urban agriculture |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Greater Vancouver Regional District (Metro Vancouver) |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Greater Vancouver Regional District (Metro Vancouver) |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | n/a |
| Policy Outcome(s): | The plan outlines the following five goals: increased capacity to produce food close to home; improving the financial viability of the food sector; people making healthy and sustainable food choices; everyone has access to healthy, culturally diverse & affordable food; a food system consistent with ecological health. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 – Link 2 |
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Doña Ana Soil and Water Conservation District Land Use Plan
| Jurisdiction Name: | Doña Ana |
| State/Province: | NM |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | County |
| Population: | 213,825 |
| Population Range: | 50,000 to 249,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | plan |
| Year: | 2015 |
| GFC Topic: | community food production |
| Keywords: | agriculture, conservation, coordination, grazing, plan, soil, water, watershed |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | The Doña Ana Soil and Water Conservation District |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | The Doña Ana Soil and Water Conservation District |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | n/a |
| Policy Outcome(s): | The plan seeks to faciliatate federal, state, and county coordination to enhance the protection, conservation, improvement, and management of soil and water resources by providing necessary strategies and policies. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
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 |
Downtown Parkway District, The Healthy Community Vision for Downtown 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: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | plan |
| Year: | 2014 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food security |
| Keywords: | community, food access, groceries, health, healthy food access, parks, physical infrastructure, redevelopment, urban agriculture |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Unified Government of Wyandotte County |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Executive Director for Implementation and Implementation Committee |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | Unified Government of Wyandotte County |
| Policy Outcome(s): | The plan seeks to improve community health through changes in the built environment. Redevelopment plans focus on increasing access to healthy food, the development of wellness infrastructure, and increasing connectivity. |
| 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 |
Elder Services, Meals-on-Wheels Program, Cumberland County, Maine
| Jurisdiction Name: | Cumberland County |
| State/Province: | ME |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | County |
| Population: | 288,204 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web |
| Policy type: | program |
| Year: | 2015 |
| GFC Topic: | community food security |
| Keywords: | food access, food security, food support programs, healthy food, healthy food access, nutrition, seniors |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Cumberland County |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Southern Maine Agency on Aging |
| Support Entity(s): | Meals on Wheels America |
| Funding Amount: | $10,000 |
| Funding Sources: | Cumberland County Community Development Block Grant Program |
| Policy Outcome(s): | Allocates grant funds to provide homebound older adults in the City of South Portland with up to five meals per week, typically delivered frozen, two days per week; the Agency also provides “wellness checks” and “friendly visits” to program participants; program was re-approved for funding from the same source in the 2016-2020 Action Plan for Cumberland County Community Development Department. An estimated 150 clients and 12,570 home-delivered meals were served in 2015-16. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 – Link 2 |
Backpack Food Distribution Program, Cumberland County, Maine
| Jurisdiction Name: | Cumberland County |
| State/Province: | ME |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | County |
| Population: | 288,204 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | program |
| Year: | 2015 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food security |
| Keywords: | Food assistance programs, children, distribution, food access, healthy food, hunger, low-income, nutrition, youth |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Cumberland County |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Town of Harpswell, Town of Bridgton |
| Support Entity(s): | Good Shepherd Food Bank of Maine |
| Funding Amount: | $11,000 total: $5,000 to Town of Bridgton, $6,000 to Town of Harpswell |
| Funding Sources: | Cumberland County Community Development Block Grant Program |
| Policy Outcome(s): | Allocates grant funds to provide low-to-moderate income children in local schools with bags of healthy, easy-to-prepare foods made up of whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and proteins when school meals are unavailable (ie. Weekend days and extended school breaks); program was re-approved for funding from the same source in the 2016-2020 Action Plan for Cumberland County Community Development Department. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 – Link 2 |
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 |
Future Open Space Preservation Committee (FOSP), Town of Cape Elizabeth, Maine
| Jurisdiction Name: | Cape Elizabeth |
| State/Province: | ME |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 9,230 |
| Population Range: | 2,500 to 19,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | program |
| Year: | 2012 |
| GFC Topic: | community food production |
| Keywords: | Environmental Protection, Land trust, advisory committee, evaluation, open space, policy, preservation, zoning |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Cape Elizabeth Town Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | The Future Open Space Preservation Committee |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | Cape Elizabeth Town Council |
| Policy Outcome(s): | FOSP will have ten members and is formed with the objective of assessing the costs and benefits of development versus preservation of undeveloped land. FOSP will involve and coordinate with the Cape Farm Alliance (CFA) and the Cape Elizabeth Land Trust (CELT). There are 10 specific goals for the committee created by this policy, some of which are supervision of a telephone survey, cost benefit analysis, tool and process development for evaluating and acquiring open space opportunities, a public workshop focused on open space protection and sustainable farming and proactive acquisition identification. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
Amendment to Portland City Code, Chapter 33 (Minimum Wage)
| 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: | 2015 |
| GFC Topic: | community food security |
| Keywords: | amendment, employment, food security, minimum wage, ordinance, poverty reduction |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Portland City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Portland City Council |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | n/a |
| Policy Outcome(s): | Beginning on January 1, 2016, the regular Minimum Wage for all Employees, including, but not limited to, Service Employees, shall be raised to $10.10 per hour. The minimum wage will increase to $10.68/hr on 1/1/17, and beginning on 7/1/18, the minimum wage will be increased annually in accordance to the Consumer Price Index. One purpose for the minimum wage raise: more than 50 percent of Portland public school students are eligible for free lunch, meaning their families have incomes at between 100 percent and 185 percent of the Federal poverty level, which is higher than what a single parent with one child in school would earn with a full-time minimum wage job |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |