| Jurisdiction Name: | Cabarrus |
| State/Province: | NC |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | County |
| Population: | 178,072 |
| Population Range: | 50,000 to 249,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | ordinance |
| Year: | 2005 |
| GFC Topic: | community food production, community food security |
| Keywords: | advisory board, agriculture, economic development, education, farmer, local food, organic, zoning |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Cabarrus County Boards of Commissioners |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Carrabus County Agricultural Advisory Board |
| Support Entity(s): | North Carolina Cooperative Extension – Cabarrus Center, Cabarrus County |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | Agricultural Development Farmland Preservation Trust Fund (grant), The Cannon Foundation (grant), Cabarrus County (sustainable agriculture projects fund) |
| Policy Outcome(s): | Established three voluntary agriculture districts in Cabarrus County; identified how the advisory board for each district would be staffed; identified how to categorize and certify farmland for purposes of agriculture district; established appeal procedures for farmland designation within agriculture districts; enabled the creation of the Elma C. Lomax Incubator Farm. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
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Keeping of Honeybees, City Council Bill 548, Ordinance No. 59-87(b)(2)c
| Jurisdiction Name: | Denver |
| State/Province: | CO |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 600,158 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
| Policy Links: | |
| Policy type: | ordinance |
| Year: | 2008 |
| GFC Topic: | community food production |
| Keywords: | agriculture, bees, food production, healthy, honeybees, keeping of honeybees, land use, local, local food production, local foods, urban, urban agriculture, zoning |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Denver City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Denver City Council |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | n/a |
| Policy Outcome(s): | This ordinance allows residents in Denver, CO to raise domestic honeybees. Previously outlawed, residents may now have 2 hives per zone lot, located in the rear of the property. A six-foot barrier must be provided that bees would have to fly over to leave the property. Bee paraphernalia unused by the hive must not be stored outside. |
| 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 |
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 |
Healthy Food for Denver’s Kids Initiative, Denver, Colorado
| Jurisdiction Name: | Denver |
| State/Province: | CO |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality/County |
| Population: | 600,158 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
| Policy Links: | |
| Policy type: | ordinance |
| Year: | 2018 |
| GFC Topic: | community food security |
| Keywords: | affordable, education, healthy, healthy food access, local food access, low-income, ordinance, sales tax, school meal, youth |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Denver City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Healthy Food for Denver's Kids Commission |
| Support Entity(s): | Denver Department of Public Health & Environment |
| Funding Amount: | Estimated $100 million over ten years (2018-2028) |
| Funding Sources: | Tax payers (through a sales tax increase of 0.08%) |
| Policy Outcome(s): | The Healthy Food for Denver’s Kids was created through a 2018 ballot initiative to provide healthy food and food-based education to Denver’s youth, specifically those who are low-income and at-risk. The program is funded the 0.08% increase in sales taxes (less than one penny to $10), about $11.2 million in its first year. The tax revenues are distributed through the Denver Food Commission to help provide three meals a day year-round for children, provide cooking, gardening, and healthy eating classes, support local farms, ranches, and food businesses, and support schools and non-profit organizations supporting healthy eating in youth populations. The initiative is planned to run for a total of nine years (2018-2027). |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 – Link 2 |
Food Scraps Recycling Program, Buffalo, New York
| Jurisdiction Name: | Buffalo |
| State/Province: | NY |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 258,612 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | program |
| Year: | 2018 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections |
| Keywords: | compost, composting, environmental projects, environmental sustainability, food waste, food waste reduction, program, recycling, waste |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | City of Buffalo Mayor's Office |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | City of Buffalo Mayor's Office and Massachusetts Avenue Project (MAP) |
| Support Entity(s): | City of Buffalo Department of Public Works, Streets and Parks |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | n/a |
| Policy Outcome(s): | This pilot program, created in collaboration with the City of Buffalo and Massachusetts Avenue Project, seeks to improve recycling rates and allow the City to become cleaner and healthier through the creation of compost using food scraps which would serve as natural healthy fertilizer, and therefore can be useful for our community parks, gardens, and trees, instead of being sent to landfill. This program is viewed as a response to excessive food scrap waste in the city of Buffalo contaminating water streams and therefore negatively impacting the environment and surrounding land. The details of this pilot include further instruction as to food scraps that are considered acceptable for the program such as: vegetable & fruit scraps, coffee grounds, tea bags, cut or dried flowers, nut & egg shells. Unacceptable materials include: meat, chicken, fish, greasy & oily food, dairy, animal waste, litter or bedding, coal or charcoal, coconuts, diseased or insect-infested houseplants, or biodegradable /compostable plastics. The accepted materials will be transferred courtesy of the City of Buffalo to the Buffalo River Compost. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 – Link 2 |
Food Policy Council, Joint Ordinance No. 8948
| Jurisdiction Name: | Lawrence |
| State/Province: | KS |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 89,512 |
| Population Range: | 50,000 to 249,999 |
| Policy Links: | |
| Policy type: | resolution |
| Year: | 2013 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections |
| Keywords: | advisory board, advisory group, city, county, distribution, environmental quality, food distribution, food policy council, food system, healthy, healthy food, joint advisory body, local, local food, local food production, production, sustainability, sustainable |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Lawrence City Commission |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Planning and Development |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | staff support |
| Funding Sources: | City of Lawrence, Douglas County |
| Policy Outcome(s): | Established the Douglas Food Policy Council as a joint city/county advisory body |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
Food Policy Council, Resolution No. 10-14
| Jurisdiction Name: | Douglas County |
| State/Province: | KS |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | County |
| Population: | 112,864 |
| Population Range: | 50,000 to 249,999 |
| Policy Links: | |
| Policy type: | resolution |
| Year: | 2010 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections |
| Keywords: | environmental quality, food policy council, food production, food system, healthy, healthy food, local, local food production, production, public funds, sustainability, sustainable |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Douglas County Board of County Commissioners |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Douglas County Department of Sustainability |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | $5000/yr |
| Funding Sources: | Douglas County |
| Policy Outcome(s): | Established the Douglas Food Policy Council |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
Keeping of Chickens, Ordinance No. 13,605
| Jurisdiction Name: | Madison |
| State/Province: | WI |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 233,209 |
| Population Range: | 50,000 to 249,999 |
| Policy Links: | |
| Policy type: | ordinance |
| Year: | 2004 |
| GFC Topic: | community food production |
| Keywords: | agriculture, backyard animals, backyard chickens, chickens, food production, local, local food production, urban, urban agriculture, zoning |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Madison City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection |
| Support Entity(s): | Zoning Administrator. City of Madison Treasurer |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | n/a |
| Policy Outcome(s): | The City of Madison began allowing chickens as an accessory use on lots with up to four dwelling units. Restrictions include the keeping of roosters and slaughter. The chickens must have a covered enclosure and be kept in the covered enclosure or fenced enclosure. It must be at least 25 feet from any residential structure on an adjacent lot. A license is required, which costs $10. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
Local Government Resolution of Support for Baltimore Food Enterprise Center
| Jurisdiction Name: | Baltimore |
| State/Province: | MD |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 620,961 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
| Policy Links: | |
| Policy type: | resolution |
| Year: | 2014 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food production, community food security |
| Keywords: | agriculture, buy local, commercial kitchen, community, economic development, education, farm, farmer, food aggregation, food hub, local, local food economy, public private partnership, urban, urban agriculture, urban farming |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Baltimore City Council, Baltimore Board of Estimates |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | American Communities Trust, Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition, East Baltimore Development Inc, TRF Development Partners, and Cross Street Partners |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | $500,000 |
| Funding Sources: | State of Maryland's Department of Housing and Community Development's Neighborhood BusinessWorks Program |
| Policy Outcome(s): | Approved and authorized execution of a Local Government Resolution in support of the Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition (HEBCAC), Inc.’s application to the State of Maryland’s Department of Housing and Community Development’s Neighborhood BusinessWorks Program. The Baltimore Food Enterprise Center (office and training space for food entrepreneurs and start-up businesses, in addition to a commercial kitchen incubator for entrepreneurs in the culinary and hospitality industries), a component of the Baltimore Food Hub, a planned campus of facilities, services, and programs focused on enhancing Baltimore’s local food economy will be supported. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 – Link 2 |