Publisher: American Farmland Trust and Connecticut Conference of Municipalities
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Document Type: Guide
Format: Electronic
Free of cost: Yes
Description:
This guide provides a primer and introductory toolkit for planners and municipal officials in Connecticut on planning for agriculture. It outlines a broad range of tools and resources available to help local governments plan for agriculture. The guide focuses on the current challenges facing agriculture and provides specific ways the practice of agriculture, from planting and cultivating to processing and marketing, is affected and sometimes hindered by current rules and regulations.
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Growing Food Connection Topic: community food connections, community food production
Main Food Topics: food access, food aggregation, food availability, food distribution, food marketing, food processing, food procurement, food production, food retail, food sector, food security
Sub Food Topics: Affordability, buy local, commercial kitchen, community kitchen, farm to institution, farmers market, food business incubator, food business technology, food hub, food infrastructure, underserved population(s), value-added
Public Policy Topics: Physical projects, Plans, Programs, Public investment, Regulations/laws
Geographic Scale: Municipality, Urban
Local government or Regional resource focus: Connecticut
Does the resource address the food security needs of underserved populations in rural, suburban, or urban settings? YES
