Cleveland Climate Action Plan (2018 Update), Cleveland, Ohio

Jurisdiction Name: Cleveland
State/Province: OH
Country: United States
Type of Government: Municipality
Population: 385,525
Population Range: 250,000 to 999,999
Policy Links: PDF
Policy type: plan
Year: 2018
GFC Topic: community food connections, community food production, community food security
Keywords: climate, climate change, climate resiliency, community engagement, economic development, economic viability, environment, environmental projects, environmental quality, environmental sustainability, equitable, food access, plan, sustainability, waste
Adopting Government Department(s):

Cleveland City Council

Lead Implementing Entity(s): Climate Action Advisory Committee; Mayor's Office of Sustainability
Support Entity(s):

City of Cleveland; Brendle Group; Cleveland Neighborhood Progress; ioby; The Racial Equity Institute; BrownFlynn; Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative; University at Buffalo

Funding Amount: $104,000 total for one year
Funding Sources: Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities, the George Gund Foundation, and the Cleveland Foundation
Policy Outcome(s):

This plan provides a comprehensive update on the climate action plan launched by the City of Cleveland in 2013. While many of the focus areas have remained the same over the course of the five years, this plan focuses on scaling up the strategies currently in place in order to increase access to those most in need. Attention was given into “equitably-driven sustainability and climate action,” through an community engagement process, which includes workshops, demographic diversity, and the joint identification of climate priorities by city officials and community residents. The priorities identified by city officials and community residents (i.e., social and racial equity; good jobs, green jobs; climate resilience; and business leadership) were addressed in each of the plan’s primary focus areas: energy efficiency and green building; clean energy; sustainable transportation; clean water and vibrant green space; and more local food, less waste. The latter point, which focuses on local food sourcing and waste reduction, is meant to achieve three specific goals (i.e., encouraging waste reduction and diversion in homes and businesses; reduce food waste and hunger; and enhance the local food system and resident access to high quality, affordable, healthy food) while increasing equity, access, economic viability, climate resiliency, and leadership.

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Urban Agriculture Policy Plan

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: plan
Year: 2011
GFC Topic: community food connections, community food production, community food security
Keywords: agriculture, commercial, commercial urban agriculture, community garden, farm, farmers market, food production, land inventory, market garden, noncommercial, noncommercial urban agriculture, production, urban, urban agriculture, urban agriculture plan, urban farm
Adopting Government Department(s):

Minneapolis City Council

Lead Implementing Entity(s): Minneapolis Department of Community Planning and Economic Development, Homegrown Minneapolis
Support Entity(s):

n/a

Funding Amount: not available
Funding Sources: not available
Policy Outcome(s):

incorporated into the City

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Food Waste Prevention and Recovery Resolution, El Paso, Texas

Jurisdiction Name: El Paso
State/Province: TX
Country: United States
Type of Government: Municipality
Population: 649,121
Population Range: 250,000 to 999,999
Policy Links: WebPDF
Policy type: resolution
Year: 2016
GFC Topic: community food connections
Keywords: city, food recovery, food waste, food waste reduction, resolution, resource management, sustainability, waste
Adopting Government Department(s):

El Paso City Council

Lead Implementing Entity(s): EP Food; El Paso Office of Resilience and Sustainability
Support Entity(s):

El Pasoans Fighting Hunger

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

The Food Waste Prevention and Recovery Resolution builds off of past plans within the city of El Paso, including Plan El Paso, the city’s strategic plan, to implement waste reduction programs within the city. In particular, the resolution plans to work with mass food producers to minimize waste and implement waste reduction programs, fulfilling the strategic plan’s recommendation to ensure “adequate solid waste disposal capacity,” and provide long-term, cost effective, sustainable regional solid waste solutions. The resolution also declares 2017 as the “Year of Food Waste Prevention and Recovery in El Paso,” and calls for the creation of a Food Policy Council, as well as a food waste reduction strategy by 2018.

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Healthy and Sustainable Food for San Francisco, Executive Directive No. 09-03

Jurisdiction Name: San Francisco City and County
State/Province: CA
Country: United States
Type of Government: Municipality/County
Population: 827,420
Population Range: 250,000 to 999,999
Policy Links: PDF
Policy type: executive directive
Year: 2009
GFC Topic: community food connections
Keywords: agriculture, collaboration, farmers market, food assistance, food business, food policy council, food procurement, food production, food security, food system, general plan, intersectoral collaboration, land audit, local, local food, procurement, production, school meal, school meal program, sustainability, sustainable food business, urban, urban agriculture, wholesale food
Adopting Government Department(s):

San Francisco Office of the Mayor

Lead Implementing Entity(s): San Francisco Department of Public Health
Support Entity(s):

San Francisco Office of the Mayor, Shape Up Program, San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, San Francisco Human Service Agency, San Francisco Department of Aging and Adult Services, San Francisco Department of Children Youth and Their Families, San Francisco Food Security Task Force, Southeast Food Access Working Group, Tenderloin Hunger Task Force, San Francisco Unified School District, San Francisco Department of the Environment, San Francisco Mayor's Office of Economic and Workforce Development, San Francisco Real Estate Division, San Francisco Planning Department, San Francisco County Agricultural Commissioner, Institute for Fisheries Resources

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

declared City’s commitment to increasing healthy and sustainable food; recognized that hunger, food insecurity and poor nutrition are issues that require immediate action; recognized that sustainable agricultural ecosystems are needed to be food self-sufficient; created a Food Policy Council consisting of public and private members to monitor and implement the Executive Directive; required all departments with property to conduct a land audit to assess land suitable for agricultural purposes; required all departments with nutrition assistance programs to ensure adequate staffing; required an increase in food stamp enrollment through an internet application and to add other programs including WIC, National School Lunch Program, and Working Families Credit; required departments entering lease agreements or permitting mobile food vendors to prefer businesses that sell healthy and sustainable food; required expanding facilities and extending the lease of the Wholesale Produce Market; required City food purchases, programs, food at meetings, and vending machines to meet nutritional guidelines; required the integration of food policies into elements of the General Plan to the greatest extent possible; required the creation of a Sustainable Food Business Recognition Program; required the creation of a Food Business Action Plan; required the coordination of urban agriculture activities; required the drafting of a local and sustainable food procurement ordinance; required the development of rules and regulations for local farmers markets; required hosting a hearing to increase funding for school meal programs; required all departments to designate a contact and plan for advancing the Executive Directive

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Local Food Action Plan, Columbus, Ohio

Jurisdiction Name: Columbus
State/Province: OH
Country: United States
Type of Government: Municipality/County
Population: 879,170 (city of Columbus)
Population Range: 250,000 to 999,999
Policy Links: WebPDF
Policy type: plan
Year: 2016
GFC Topic: community food connections, community food production, community food security
Keywords: city, collaboration, community engagement, coordination, development, economic development, education, food affordability, food waste, food waste reduction, healthy food, healthy food access, intersectoral collaboration, local food, nutrition education, partnership, waste
Adopting Government Department(s):

Columbus City Council and the Franklin County Board of Commissioners

Lead Implementing Entity(s): City-County Joint Local Food Team (Columbus Public Health and Franklin County Economic Development and Planning)
Support Entity(s):

n/a

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

This plan was first conceptualized in 2014 by the Local Food Action Plan Project Team, consisting of staff from Columbus Public Health, Franklin County Economic Development & Planning, and Local Matters, a local community nonprofit. The planning process consisted of three phases: (1) current conditions and visioning; (2) policy and program recommendations; and (3) plan development, and included public comment during each phase of development. The Local Food Action Plan is explicitly intended to inform public policy development and influence programming and community collaboration. The plan consists of four main goals: (1) enhance coordination and communication among existing food resources and agencies; (2) improve access to and education about healthy food, affordable food, and local food; (3) increase the role of food in economic development; and (4) prevent food-related waste. These four goal areas contain a total of 27 specific action items, each of which includes current status (e.g., new work, in process, etc.), organization currently working toward each action, objectives, starting steps, potential measures to evaluate implementation, and resources (existing and required).

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PlaNYC: A Greener, Greater New York, 2011 Update

Jurisdiction Name: New York
State/Province: NY
Country: United States
Type of Government: Municipality
Population: 8,175,133
Population Range: 1 million or more
Policy Links: PDF
Policy type: plan
Year: 2011
GFC Topic: community food connections, community food production, community food security
Keywords: access, community garden, distribution, farm, farmers market, farmers market expansion at community garden sites, farming, food access, food distribution, food retail, food transport, food waste, food waste reduction, healthy food, healthy food access, healthy food retail, plan update, retail, school, school garden, school gardens, sustainability, sustainability plan, sustainable farming techniques, transport, waste, watershed agricultural council
Adopting Government Department(s):

New York City Council

Lead Implementing Entity(s): New York City Mayor's Office of Long-Term Planning And Sustainability, New York City Mayor's Office of Recovery and Resiliency
Support Entity(s):

n/a

Funding Amount: not available
Funding Sources: not available
Policy Outcome(s):

Published pursuant to Local Law 17 of 2008; established food as one of several cross-cutting topics; food policy initiatives are integrated throughout the plan: housing and neighborhoods, parks and public space, brownfields, water supply, transportation, and solid waste; plan established goals and strategies related to healthy food access, healthy food retail, farmers market expansion at community garden sites, school gardens, Watershed Agricultural Council, sustainable farming techniques, food distribution and transport, food waste reduction for food-related businesses.

Additional Resources and Information: Link 1

Community Garden Funding, Proposition C – Park, Recreation and Open Space Fund, Charter Amendment

Jurisdiction Name: San Francisco City and County
State/Province: CA
Country: United States
Type of Government: Municipality/County
Population: 827,420
Population Range: 250,000 to 999,999
Policy Links: WebPDF
Policy type: charter amendment
Year: 2000
GFC Topic: community food connections, community food production, community food security
Keywords: budget, charter amendment, community garden, fund, general fund, open space, open space fund, parks, parks and recreation, property tax, proposition, proposition c, public funds, recreation, tax
Adopting Government Department(s):

City and County of San Francisco Board of Supervisors

Lead Implementing Entity(s): San Francisco Recreation and Park Department
Support Entity(s):

n/a

Funding Amount: minimum allocation of $150,000 for support and maintenance of community gardens
Funding Sources: General Fund, Open Space Program Funds
Policy Outcome(s):

San Francisco voters approved Proposition C, which amended the San Francisco Charter to reallocate the Park, Recreation and Open Space Fund – property tax funding sources that might otherwise be subsumed by the General Fund for the operation and capital improvements associated with the recreation and park system – to include a minimum of $150,000 for community gardens, and extend the Fund through Fiscal Year 2030-2031; Fund sets aside $0.025 for each $100 assessed in property tax valuation for the City to purchase open space, recreation facilities, and maintain or renovate properties acquired under the program

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Baltimarket Grant Agreement

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: PDF
Policy type: grant agreement
Year: 2014
GFC Topic: community food connections, community food security
Keywords: SNAP, affordability, corner store, culturally appropriate, food access, food desert, food infrastructure, grocery store, health, healthy corner store program, healthy eating, healthy food, institution, school, seniors, supermarket
Adopting Government Department(s):

Baltimore City Council

Lead Implementing Entity(s): Maryland Community Health Resources Commission
Support Entity(s):

Baltimore City Health Department

Funding Amount: $275,000
Funding Sources: Baltimore City Council
Policy Outcome(s):

Provided funding through February 28, 2015 to implement the Baltimarket Healthy Stores project, a suite of community-based programs that aim to improve the health and wellness of Baltimore City residents and includes the Virtual Supermarket Program and the Neighborhood Food Advocates Initiative.

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Zoning Code Update: Restrictions on the Keeping of Farm Animals and Bees, No. 457.11

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: ordinance
Year: 2011
GFC Topic: community food production
Keywords: agriculture, animal husbandry, backyard animals, chicken, chickens, goat, health, honeybees, urban, urban agriculture, zoning
Adopting Government Department(s):

Cleveland Planning Commission

Lead Implementing Entity(s): Cleveland Department of Building and Housing
Support Entity(s):

Cleveland Department of Public Health

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

Established building permitting and procedures for the keeping of farm animals and bees in a manner that prevents nuisances to occupants of nearby properties and prevents conditions that are unsanitary or unsafe.

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Philadelphia Food Charter

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: PDF
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