Urban Agriculture Zoning Regulation No. ZA-14-08

Jurisdiction Name: City of Burlington
State/Province: VT
Country: United States
Type of Government: Municipality
Population: 42,282
Population Range: 20,000 to 49,999
Policy Links: WebPDF
Policy type: ordinance
Year: 2014
GFC Topic: community food production
Keywords: community garden, development, farmers market, food infrastructure, food system, land use, urban agriculture, zoning
Adopting Government Department(s):

City of Burlington Planning Commission

Lead Implementing Entity(s): Department of Planning and Zoning
Support Entity(s):

n/a

Funding Amount: n/a
Funding Sources: n/a
Policy Outcome(s):

The ordinance allows for urban agriculture on private land in the City of Burlington, VT.

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Recognizing the Importance of Healthy, Sustainably Produced and Locally Grown Foods and Creating the Homegrown Minneapolis Implementation Task Force, Resolution No. 2009R-283

Jurisdiction Name: Minneapolis
State/Province: MN
Country: United States
Type of Government: Municipality
Population: 392,880
Population Range: 250,000 to 999,999
Policy Links: PDF
Policy type: resolution
Year: 2009
GFC Topic: community food connections, community food production, community food security
Keywords: EBT, access, agriculture, community garden, community garden program, community kitchen, distribution, double-value redemption program, farmers market, food access, food distribution, food processing, food security, healthy, healthy food, healthy food incentive program, homegrown minneapolis, homegrown minneapolis implementation task force, incentive, incentive program, kitchen, local, local food, local food sustainability indicator, minneapolis local food resource hubs network, minneapolis market bucks, plan, processing, program, sustainability, urban, urban agriculture, urban agriculture plan, urban agriculture policy plan
Adopting Government Department(s):

Minneapolis City Council

Lead Implementing Entity(s): Minneapolis Health Department, Homegrown Minneapolis Steering Committee
Support Entity(s):

n/a

Funding Amount:
Funding Sources:
Policy Outcome(s):

Acknowledged the importance of local foods to the economy, environment and health of residents; authorized a short-term, 16 member implementation task force to pursue the implementation of 8 Homegrown Minneapolis priority recommendations and report back to City Council at 9 and 18-month intervals; provided city staff with direction and institutional permission to take on food system projects as part of work plans, and incorporate food related activities into grant writing processes; authorized development of Minneapolis Local Food Sustainability Indicator for the comprehensive plan, the Minneapolis Urban Agriculture Policy Plan, Minneapolis Community Garden Program, Minneapolis Local Food Resource Hubs Network, Market Bucks program, and other food system related programs

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Baltimore Sustainability Plan, Ordinance No. 09-141

Jurisdiction Name: Baltimore City
State/Province: MD
Country: United States
Type of Government: Municipality
Population: 620,961
Population Range: 250,000 to 999,999
Policy Links: PDF
Policy type: ordinance
Year: 2009
GFC Topic: community food connections, community food production, community food security
Keywords: access, affordability, agriculture, buy local, consumption, food access, food consumption, food marketing, food production, food system, healthy, healthy eating, healthy food, institution, land use, local, local food, marketing, production, school, urban, urban agriculture, water
Adopting Government Department(s):

Baltimore City Council

Lead Implementing Entity(s): Baltimore Office of Sustainability
Support Entity(s):
Funding Amount:
Funding Sources:
Policy Outcome(s):

plan incorporated food system goals and recommendations related to urban agriculture, food availability, food access, local food procurement, and local/regional food data; helped lead to a number of programs and initiatives such as the Land Leasing Initiative, Baltimore Food Policy Initiative, Power in Dirt Initiative, Future Harvest-CASA Beginner Farmer Training Program, Baltimarket, and Baltimore Climate Action Plan

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Executive Order No. 70, Healthier City Vending Machines, 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: WebPDF
Policy type: executive order
Year: 2018
GFC Topic: community food connections, community food security
Keywords: executive order, food standards, fresh produce, healthy, nutrition, nutrition standards, public, standards, vending, vending machines
Adopting Government Department(s):

Denver City Council

Lead Implementing Entity(s): Department of General Services
Support Entity(s):

n/a

Funding Amount: n/a
Funding Sources: n/a
Policy Outcome(s):

Approved by Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock, this executive order sought to establish city vending machines with healthier offerings and proper nutritional labeling. In particular, all of the public city-owned vending machines offerings must consist of at least 75% foods and beverages that meet the Healthier Vending Nutrition Standards informed by the General Services Administration’s “Health and Sustainable Guidelines for Federal Concessions and Vending Operations,” the U.S.D.A.’s “A Guide to Smart School Snacks in School,” and Colorado’s Department of Public Health and Environment’s “Colorado Healthy Hospital Compact.” These guidelines include foods such as fresh fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds with no added sugar, and other snacks that meet the following standards: are less than or equal to 200 calories, 10% of calories from saturated fat, 230 milligrams of sodium, 35% of calories from sugar, and 0 grams of trans fat. Similar standards exist for beverages.

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Cleveland Food Charter, Resolution No. 1563-08

Jurisdiction Name: Cleveland
State/Province: OH
Country: United States
Type of Government: Municipality
Population: 396,816
Population Range: 250,000 to 999,999
Policy Links: PDF
Policy type: resolution
Year: 2008
GFC Topic: community food connections
Keywords: culturally appropriate, economic development, food charter, food security, local food system, nutrition
Adopting Government Department(s):

City Council

Lead Implementing Entity(s): Cleveland Planning Commission
Support Entity(s):

Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Food Policy Coalition

Funding Amount: n/a
Funding Sources: n/a
Policy Outcome(s):

Recognized the Cleveland Food Charter, committing the city to increasing food access for all citizens.

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Food Access Resolution 20160303-020, Austin, Texas

Jurisdiction Name: Austin
State/Province: TX
Country: United States
Type of Government: Municipality
Population: 950,715
Population Range: 250,000 to 999,999
Policy Links: WebPDF
Policy type: resolution
Year: 2016
GFC Topic: community food connections, community food production, community food security
Keywords: SNAP, city, community garden, education, equitable, food access, food affordability, grocery stores, healthy food access, urban agriculture, urban farming, urban garden
Adopting Government Department(s):

Austin City Council

Lead Implementing Entity(s): Office of the City Manager
Support Entity(s):

Sustainable Food Policy Board; Sustainable Food Center, Economic Development Department; Health and Human Services Department; Sustainability Office; City of Austin Equity Office

Funding Amount: n/a
Funding Sources: n/a
Policy Outcome(s):

This resolution passed in order to increase access of healthy and affordable foods in the City of Austin. In order to do so, four primary objectives were included within the resolution: the establishment of a board consisting of city and food systems organizations to develop food access recommendations regarding grocery stores, educational components, expanding communities gardens, and so on; develop a status update on SNAP enrollment within the Austin area and provide recommendations on how to effectively enroll qualifying families; present the preliminary findings to a City of Austin Council Meeting; and incorporate food access issues as a dimension of the City of Austin Equity Office’s mission.

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Post-Development Stormwater Management, Ordinance No. 12-O-1761

Jurisdiction Name: Atlanta
State/Province: GA
Country: United States
Type of Government: Municipality
Population: 443,775
Population Range: 250,000 to 999,999
Policy Links: PDF
Policy type: ordinance
Year: 2012
GFC Topic: community food production
Keywords: agriculture, community garden, ecology, environment, food production, production, rain barrel, rain harvest, school, sustainability, urban, urban agriculture, water
Adopting Government Department(s):

Atlanta City Council

Lead Implementing Entity(s): City of Atlanta's Department of Watershed Management
Support Entity(s):

n/a

Funding Amount:
Funding Sources: Coca-Cola
Policy Outcome(s):

Ordinance allows rainwater harvesting within the city; Coca-Cola donated rain harvest barrels for school gardens

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2015 Santa Fe County Sustainable Growth Management Plan (SGMP), Santa Fe, New Mexico

Jurisdiction Name: Santa Fe County
State/Province: NM
Country: United States
Type of Government: County
Population: 148,750
Population Range: 50,000 to 249,999
Policy Links: WebPDF
Policy type: plan
Year: 2015
GFC Topic: community food connections, community food production, community food security
Keywords: agricultural economy, collaboration, conservation easements, food security, general plan, growth, growth management, land use, local food system, ranch, ranching, sustainability, water conservation
Adopting Government Department(s):

Santa Fe Board of County Commissioners

Lead Implementing Entity(s): County of Santa Fe Departments
Support Entity(s):

n/a

Funding Amount: $73,297 to Growth Management/Planning department for community planner
Funding Sources: Santa Fe County
Policy Outcome(s):

The Santa Fe County Sustainable Growth Management Plan contains 15 chapters and corresponding goals, as well as policies and strategies, to chart the future of development in the county while providing a high quality of life and protecting natural resources in the area. Although chapter 4 of plan focuses on agriculture and ranching, the two fields are integral parts of the county’s livelihood. Therefore, agriculture appears throughout the plan in reference to economic development, social and community sustainability, and resource (i.e., land, soil and water) conservation. In regards to food systems, three primary goals of plan are to: 1) preserve, support, promote and revitalize agriculture and ranching as critical components of the local economy, culture and character; 2) support local food systems and food security; and 3) preserve and support community-based agriculture as an important part of the county’s heritage and agricultural sustainability. Each goal is followed by sets of policies and strategies for implementation.

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Northeast Sector Plan, Resolution No. 12-18

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: PDF
Policy type: resolution
Year: 2012
GFC Topic: community food production
Keywords: agribusiness, agricultural land, agricultural land protection, agriculture, food production, plan, production, rural, rural agriculture, urban growth area
Adopting Government Department(s):

Douglas County Board of County Commissioners

Lead Implementing Entity(s): Lawrence/Douglas County Planning and Development Services
Support Entity(s):

n/a

Funding Amount:
Funding Sources:
Policy Outcome(s):

plan set aside hundreds of acres of prime soil for agricultural or agri-business use and prevents it from being developed for commercial or industrial purposes

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Concession and License Agreement Between the City of Burlington and the Burlington Farmers’ Market Association

Jurisdiction Name: City of Burlington
State/Province: VT
Country: United States
Type of Government: Municipality
Population: 42,282
Population Range: 20,000 to 49,999
Policy Links: WebPDF
Policy type: concession and license agreement
Year: 2012
GFC Topic: community food connections
Keywords: farmers market, food access, food infrastructure, public funds
Adopting Government Department(s):

City of Burlington

Lead Implementing Entity(s): Burlington Farmers' Market Association; City of Burlington
Support Entity(s):

City of Burlington Department of Parks and Recreation; City of Burlington Department of Public Works; City of Burlington Police Department

Funding Amount: $1,500
Funding Sources: Burlington Farmers' Market Association
Policy Outcome(s):

The Agreement leases City of Burlington space to the Burlington Farmers Market Association for market operations.

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