| Jurisdiction Name: | Philadelphia |
| State/Province: | PA |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 1,526,006 |
| Population Range: | 1 million or more |
| Policy Links: | |
| Policy type: | charter |
| Year: | 2008 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food security |
| Keywords: | access, affordability, agriculture, buy local, food access, food charter, food infrastructure, food production, food security, food system, healthy eating, healthy food, healthy food access, infrastructure, local, local food, non-binding policy, philadelphia food charter, production, sustainability, sustainable food, urban, urban agriculture |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Philadelphia City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Philadelphia Mayor |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | not applicable |
| Funding Sources: | not applicable |
| Policy Outcome(s): | Articulated the City’s commitment to supporting a food system that benefits the community, economy and environment. Additionally, it mentions the intention to establish a Food Policy Council. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
