| Jurisdiction Name: | Boston |
| State/Province: | MA |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 617,594 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | ordinance |
| Year: | 2013 |
| GFC Topic: | community food production |
| Keywords: | city, community garden, farmers market, food production, food retail, fresh produce, infrastructure, land use, local, local food, local food production, locally grown, production, rooftop, rooftop agriculture, urban agriculture, urban farm, urban farming, zoning |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Mayor's Office of Boston |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Boston Redevelopment Authority, Mayor's Office of Food Initiatives |
| Support Entity(s): | Mayor's Urban Agriculture Working Group |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | n/a |
| Policy Outcome(s): | The new addition to the zoning code allows for urban agriculture in Boston on the ground and on rooftops. This is not a new zoning designation, but allows for urban agriculture, farming, and gardening both for personal and commercial use on many parcels in the City of Boston. Permitting structure and design guidelines are explicitly outlined in the article. In addition, guidelines for farming practices such as soil safety, composting, hydroponics, aquaponics, beekeeping requirements and keeping of hens are outlined. Sales of food grown on these urban farms or gardens are allowed to be sold. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 – Link 2 – Link 3 |
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Retention and Expansion of the San Francisco Wholesale Produce Market, Resolution No. 280-12
| 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: | |
| Policy type: | resolution |
| Year: | 2012 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections |
| Keywords: | agreement, food infrastructure, food retail, infrastructure, lease agreement, public land, retail, wholesale, wholesale food |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | City and County of San Francisco Board of Supervisors |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | San Francisco City Administrator and Director of Property |
| Support Entity(s): | Department of Real Estate, |
| Funding Amount: | |
| Funding Sources: | |
| Policy Outcome(s): | Authorized the lease of warehouse and industrial space to the San Francisco Whole Produce Market near 2095 Jerrold Ave for 60 years; required the lease to eventually include 901 Rankin Street; required the Market to deliver an improved facility and allowed the City to have significant input in the renewal project; allowed the Market to sublease the premises as a source of revenue; required the Market to use good faith efforts to achieve market rent in subleases. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
Water Efficient Irrigation, Ordinance No. 301-10
| 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: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | ordinance |
| Year: | 2010 |
| GFC Topic: | community food production |
| Keywords: | agriculture, food production, irrigation, maximum applied water allowance, production, urban, urban agriculture, water, water allowance, water budget, water conservation, water efficient irrigation ordinance |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | City and County of San Francisco Board of Supervisors |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | San Francisco Public Utilities Commission |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | |
| Funding Sources: | |
| Policy Outcome(s): | California State Water Conservation in Landscaping Act (Assembly Bill 1881) required all communities to adopt ordinances that regulate landscape irrigation practices and plant use; ordinance amended San Francisco Administrative Code to comply with mandate; requires that landscape projects (including some urban agriculture projects meeting specific criteria) be installed, constructed, operated, and maintained in accordance with rules adopted by the SFPUC that establish a water budget (maximum applied water allowance) for outdoor water consumption |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
Harford County 2012 Master Plan and Land Use Element Plan, Bill No. 12-01
| Jurisdiction Name: | Harford County |
| State/Province: | MD |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | County |
| Population: | 249,215 |
| Population Range: | 50,000 to 249,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | bill |
| Year: | 2012 |
| GFC Topic: | community food production |
| Keywords: | advertisements on barns, agriculture, barn, buy local, local, local food, locally grown food, marketing, master plan |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | County Council of Harford County |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Harford County Executive |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | |
| Funding Sources: | Harford County Executive |
| Policy Outcome(s): | provided support for agriculture and food related projects and programs; the Buy Local marketing campaign resulted in buy local barn ads and farms website |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 – Link 2 – Link 3 |
Garden Irrigation Fund, Grant Agreement
| 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: | |
| Policy type: | grant agreement |
| Year: | 2014 |
| GFC Topic: | community food production |
| Keywords: | agriculture, community garden, funding, grant, grant program, irrigation, public funds, urban, urban agriculture, water access |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Baltimore City Board of Estimates |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Parks & People Foundation |
| Support Entity(s): | Baltimore City Department of Planning, Baltimore City Office of Sustainability, Baltimore City Department of Public Works, Baltimore Green Space |
| Funding Amount: | $3000/garden site; $24,000 appropriated by Board of Estimates in 2014 as a Grant Agreement |
| Funding Sources: | |
| Policy Outcome(s): | enabled a second round of the Garden Irrigation Fund Program – up to $3,000 of support for the installation of direct lines into community garden sites in need of water access; set roles and expectations for the program, in which community-managed open space site managers would apply for support for installation of water lines; required applicants to make the case for why direct water access is necessary or preferable, and for how their site serves the Baltimore community |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 – Link 2 |
Healthy Food Retailer Incentives Program Ordinance No. 193-13
| 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: | |
| Policy type: | ordinance |
| Year: | 2013 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections |
| Keywords: | access, consumption, corner store, food access, food consumption, food retail, food security, fruit, healthy, healthy eating, healthy food, healthy food retailer incentives program, incentive, intersectoral collaboration, liquor store, low-income, program, retail, staff position, store, tobacco, underserved, vegetables |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | City and County of San Francisco Board of Supervisors |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | San Francisco Economic and Workforce Development Department |
| Support Entity(s): | Southeast Food Access Coalition, San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco Office of Small Business, San Francisco Planning Department, San Francisco Human Services Agency |
| Funding Amount: | |
| Funding Sources: | |
| Policy Outcome(s): | established that there is a need to centralize coordination of a city-wide strategy to recruit and maintain new healthy food businesses and to support existing healthy food businesses in using economic incentives and technical support; defined healthy food retailer; required partnership across public agencies and community organizations to implement and evaluate Healthy Food Retailer Incentive Program; required identification of underserved areas of the City, address barriers to healthy food offerings in retail settings, coordinate existing incentives and develop new incentives such as technical support, training, permit and license assistance, store redesign assistance, retail assessment, facade improvement, grant and loan access, creation of a centralized resource center, exploration of job training or employment opportunities, particularly for low income individuals and youth; devoted equivalent of one full-time staff person for the coordination of the Healthy Food Retailer Incentives Program; required annual reports on progress and funding of program |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
Temporary Uses and Mobile Food Facilities Ordinance No. 297-10
| Jurisdiction Name: | San Francisco |
| State/Province: | CA |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality/County |
| Population: | 805,235 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
| Policy Links: | |
| Policy type: | ordinance |
| Year: | 2010 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food security |
| Keywords: | access, economic development, farmers market, food access, food retail, fruits, healthy, healthy food, local, local food, low-income, mobile, mobile market, mobile vending, produce, retail, underserved, vegetables |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | City and County of San Francisco Board of Supervisors |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | San Francisco Planning Department |
| Support Entity(s): | San Francisco Department of Health, San Francisco Department of Public Works, State Department of Housing and Community Development |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | n/a |
| Policy Outcome(s): | Defined a Mobile Food Facility; established a new category of temporary uses; clarified that Mobile Food Facilities need not be conducted within enclosed buildings; adopted findings, including environmental findings and findings of consistency with the General Plan and Planning Code Section 101.1 |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone Ordinance No. 184-14
| 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: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | ordinance |
| Year: | 2014 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food production |
| Keywords: | act, agriculture, food production, incentive, incentive zone, procedures, production, program, property tax, property tax reduction, property value, tax, urban, urban agriculture, urban agriculture incentive zone, urban agriculture incentive zones act, urban agriculture incentive zones act procedures, urban agriculture incentive zones act program |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | City and County of San Francisco Board of Supervisors |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | San Francisco Planning Department, San Francisco Agricultural Commissioner, San Francisco Recreation and Park Department |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | variable, dependent on property tax reduction |
| Funding Sources: | |
| Policy Outcome(s): | amended the San Francisco Administrative Code, by adding Chapter 53A, creating local procedures to implement the California State Assembly Bill 551 (approved by the governor on Approved by Governor September 28, 2013) Urban Agriculture Incentive Zones Act, which authorizes local governments to enter into enforceable contracts with owners of private property for the purpose of promoting the use of vacant, unimproved, or blighted lands for small-scale agricultural use; ordinance outlines eligibility criteria for property tax reductions and the, procedures required to apply for an eligibility certificate, contract with the city, and approval process; tax reductions of less than $25,000 per year or less than $125,000 for the term of the contract; or for contiguous parcels of less than 5 acres or less; or an estimated combined tax reduction of less than $250,000 per year for all properties under contract are approved by the County Agricultural Commissioner, otherwise the SF City and County Board of Supervisors makes a decision on the property tax reduction application |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
Local Food Procurement Guidelines, Local Law 50 of 2011
| 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: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | law |
| Year: | 2011 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections |
| Keywords: | annual food procurement reporting, chief procurement officer, food procurement, local, local food, local food procurement, procurement, reporting |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | New York City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | New York City Chief Procurement Officer, New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | not available |
| Funding Sources: | not available |
| Policy Outcome(s): | mandated New York City Chief Procurement Officer to encourage city agencies to “make best efforts to purchase New York state food”; required the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services, with respect to food purchase contracts, and the New York City Chief Procurement Officer, with respect to food-related services contracts, to ensure that the city food procurement guidelines and the listing of New York state food products are made a part of each solicitation for all such contracts and shall request that each vendor supplying food products or processed food under a contract issued as a result of such solicitations determine whether New York state food products are being provided under such contracts and indicate the amount and type; required annual reporting detailing the city’s efforts to implement the city guidelines for the purchase of New York state food |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
Greensboro Fresh Food Action Plan, Greensboro, North Carolina
| Jurisdiction Name: | Greensboro |
| State/Province: | NC |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 284,816 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | plan |
| Year: | 2015 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food production, community food security |
| Keywords: | SNAP, aggregation, agribusiness, agricultural practices, agriculture, city, community, community garden, corner store, county, farm, food access, food hub, grocery store, healthy, local, local food system, plan, retail, urban |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Greensboro City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | City of Greensboro |
| Support Entity(s): | Guilford County Cooperative Extension Office; Greensboro Farmers Market; Out of the Garden Project; University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
| Funding Amount: | One-time grant of $470,000 to help implementation of the Greensboro Fresh Food Access Plan |
| Funding Sources: | US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Local Food Promotion Program (LFPP) |
| Policy Outcome(s): | Funded by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Local Food Promotion Program (LFPP), this plan set goals to increase retail access to fresh, local produce, and to strengthen the local food system in Greensboro. In order to meet these goals, the Greensboro Fresh Food Action Plan offers three comprehensive strategies: (1) improve retail access to fresh local foods in neighborhoods through community efforts and initiatives; (2) expand existing local food business enterprises; and (3) create new local food business enterprises that address identified gaps in food access. Based on findings from interviews and surveys of residents, businesses, and food system stakeholders, the plan’s recommendations and analyses were compiled to supplement pre-existing community efforts and to address issues related to food access. Some key recommendations are to conduct a Know your Farmer education and outreach campaign to bring awareness to locally available fresh foods, to establish a Food Hub in order to narrow the gap in local food access, to build and sustain relationships between producers, distributors, and customers in effort to create a sustainable market demand for local fresh foods in Greensboro, and several other tangible suggestions. The City of Greensboro offers these recommendations as opportunities of optional participation and encourage public engagement and formation of partnerships amid implementation. The plan was adopted by the Greensboro City Council in 2015. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |