| Jurisdiction Name: | Calvert County |
| State/Province: | MD |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | County |
| Population: | 90,484 |
| Population Range: | 50,000 to 249,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | ordinance |
| Year: | 1978 |
| GFC Topic: | community food production |
| Keywords: | TDR, agriculture, conservation, conservation easement, development, easement, farm, farmland, farmland preservation, land development, preservation, rural, rural agriculture, transfer of development rights |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Calvert Board of County Commissioners |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Department of Planning and Zoning |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | |
| Funding Sources: | |
| Policy Outcome(s): | enabled the implementation of the Transferable Development Rights Program (Article 2-8.02, 2-9.01, 2-10.01, 2-10.02); 21,587 acres of land have been preserved through the program |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 – Link 2 |
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Parks and Green Spaces (Property Tax) Levy, Ordinance No. 122749
| Jurisdiction Name: | Seattle |
| State/Province: | WA |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 634,535 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | ordinance |
| Year: | 2008 |
| GFC Topic: | community food production |
| Keywords: | community garden, environmental projects, fund, green space, levy, opportunity fund, property tax, public funds, public investment, tax |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Seattle City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Seattle Parks and Recreation |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | $146,000,000 (over 5 years); $2,000,000 allocated to new community gardens |
| Funding Sources: | acquired tax funds from levy are placed in a Parks and Green Spaces Opportunity Fund |
| Policy Outcome(s): | City Council adopted Ordinance 112749 and placed a levy on the November 2008 ballot; 59% of Seattle voters supported the levy; the Parks and Green Spaces Levy lifted the limit on property taxes in order to collect funds for Seattle Parks and Green Spaces; property taxes provide funds for the acquisition of land for neighborhood parks and green spaces, the development of parks and green spaces, and the development of environmental projects (including forest and stream restoration, community gardens and shoreline access) |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 – Link 2 – Link 3 |
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 |
Regional Food System Strategy, Metro Vancouver
| Jurisdiction Name: | Metro Vancouver Region |
| State/Province: | BC |
| Country: | Canada |
| Type of Government: | Regional Agency |
| Population: | 2.46 million |
| Population Range: | 1 million or more |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | plan |
| Year: | 2011 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food production, community food security |
| Keywords: | agriculture, community garden, development, farmers market, farmland preservation, food access, food infrastructure, food processing, food procurement, food production, food purchasing, food security, food system, food system metrics, healthy food, land use, local food, rural agriculture, sustainability, urban agriculture |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Greater Vancouver Regional District (Metro Vancouver) |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Greater Vancouver Regional District (Metro Vancouver) |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | n/a |
| Policy Outcome(s): | The plan outlines the following five goals: increased capacity to produce food close to home; improving the financial viability of the food sector; people making healthy and sustainable food choices; everyone has access to healthy, culturally diverse & affordable food; a food system consistent with ecological health. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 – Link 2 |
Be Healthy Denver: Denver’s Community Health Improvement Plan 2013-2018, Action Plan, 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: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | plan |
| Year: | 2013 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food security |
| Keywords: | education, food access, health promoting, healthy, healthy eating, healthy food access, nutrition, school meal, strategic action plan, underserved, urban agriculture |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Denver City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Denver Department of Public Health and Environment |
| Support Entity(s): | Supporting entities are identified within each objective |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | n/a |
| Policy Outcome(s): | The Community Health Improvement Action Plan is a supplementary document for the Full Community Health Improvement Plan. The action plan has two components: access to care and healthy eating and active living (HEAL). The goal for the former component is for at least 95% of Denver residents to have access to primary medical care and behavioral health care by 2018. The goal for HEAL is an increase by 5 percentage points by 2018 of Denver children and adolescents who are at a healthy weight. To accomplish this goal, objectives include increasing access to nutritious food in underserved areas and schools, incorporating health in policy, processing, and planning, and developing a HEAL marketing campaign. Strategies to accomplish these objectives include creating incentives for grocery stores and convenience stores in low-income areas to offer healthy foods, increasing urban agriculture and gardens, improving access to farmers markets for low-income populations, and implementing healthy vending policies. The latter strategy was accomplished in 2018 when the Mayor of Denver, Michael Hancock, passed an executive order for healthier vending machines throughout the city. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
Syracuse Sustainability Plan, Syracuse, NY
| Jurisdiction Name: | Syracuse |
| State/Province: | NY |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 145,170 |
| Population Range: | 50,000 to 249,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | plan |
| Year: | 2014 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food production, community food security |
| Keywords: | community garden, economic development, environmental sustainability, food policy council, local food procurement, sustainability plan, urban agriculture |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Syracuse Common Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Syracuse Bureau of Planning and Sustainability; Syracuse Sustainability Plan Implementation Team |
| Support Entity(s): | Syracuse Department of Public Works; Syracuse Department of Engineering; Syracuse Transportation Department; Sustainability Community Advisory Committee |
| Funding Amount: | $512,099 over three years (2009-2012) |
| Funding Sources: | United States Department of Energy (EE Conservation Block Grant Program) |
| Policy Outcome(s): | The Syracuse Sustainability Plan is part of the greater City of Syracuse Comprehensive Plan 2040. The Sustainability Plan examines community needs through five components: energy and green building, education and training, food systems, natural environment, and waste and recycling. The plan aims to address each component by establishing goals, objectives and action steps. Goals of the plan include reducing energy consumption and environmental impact of buildings, increasing renewable capacity, supporting needs of the Syracuse City School district, engaging residents in creating a sustainable city and green economy, creating an open space network to connect parks and public spaces with neighborhood green-ways, increase tree coverage, improve ecological value of tributaries, improve ecological management and storm water management, and increase efficiency and effectiveness of waste and recycling operations while minimizing waste production. The plan outlines five goals for the food systems component: 1) partner in the creation of a food system council to sustain municipal and community food initiatives; 2) restore local food system infrastructure by integrating area/regional food production, processing, distribution, and marketing as part of economic development plans; 3) increase urban agriculture in Syracuse; 4) increase access to whole food production pathways; and 5) improve the overall diet of the city’s population. Issues such as land use, transportation and economic development are discussed in the larger Comprehensive Plan. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
fresh: Edmonton’s Food and Urban Agriculture Strategy
| Jurisdiction Name: | Edmonton |
| State/Province: | AB |
| Country: | Canada |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 812,201 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
| Policy Links: | |
| Policy type: | plan |
| Year: | 2012 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food production, community food security |
| Keywords: | advisory group, agriculture, animal permit, animals, backyard animals, backyard chickens, chickens, community garden, development, economic development, farm to institution, farmers market, farmland preservation, food access, food distribution, food infrastructure, food policy council, food processing, food procurement, food production, food purchasing, food retail, food security, food system, food system metrics, healthy food, honeybees, land use, local economy, local farm products, local food, local food access, local food economy, local food procurement, local food production, local food purchasing, locally grown food, sustainability, urban agriculture, vacant property, zoning |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Edmonton City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | City of Edmonton |
| Support Entity(s): | Edmonton Food Council, Northlands, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, University of Alberta, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Edmonton School Boards, Edmonton's Food Bank, Sustainable Food Edmonton, Urban Development Institute |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | City of Edmonton, Northlands, University of Alberta, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Policy Outcome(s): | Establishment of the Edmonton Food Council; Amendment to the Zoning Bylaw to integrate and enable more urban agriculture throughout the city; Amendment to the Animal Control and Licensing Bylaw to allow urban hens and bees; Receipt of a McConnell Foundation grant to increase local food purchasing by large distributors and institutions, in partnership with Northlands; In partnership with the University of Alberta, establishment of a multi-million dollar international research project on resilient urban food systems; improvement to City of Edmonton processes to streamline and enable more community gardens; improvement to the City of Edmonton’s Sustainable Purchasing Policy to increase procurement of more local foods. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 – Link 2 |
City and County of Denver Climate Adaptation Plan, 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: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | plan |
| Year: | 2014 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food production, community food security |
| Keywords: | agriculture, climate, climate adaptation, climate change, education, food acess, food hub, food retail, food security, local agriculture, local food, local food access, pest management, pests, plan, protection |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | City and County of Denver |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Denver Climate Resilience Committee |
| Support Entity(s): | Supporting entities include city agencies and community partners, depending on the activities/strategies listed throughout the plan |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | n/a |
| Policy Outcome(s): | The 2014 City and County of Denver Climate Adaptation Plan is a supplement to the 2007 Climate Action Plan. These two documents, along with an updated 2015 Climate Action Plan, all work in tandem to address persistent climate-related challenges. One of the sections in the Climate Adaptation Plan is food and agriculture, the aim of which is to identify strategies that can adapt Denver’s food and agricultural systems to changing climate conditions. The two main goals of the section are to: 1) increase food security and 2) protect local agricultural resources against the increased threat of pests, invasive species and noxious weeds. The strategy to accomplish the former goal is to encourage local agriculture and a broad range of food outlets and regional food hubs for processing and distributing local foods. The strategy to accomplish the latter goal is to identify and assess invasive species and other threats to agricultural resources. Both strategies plan to utilize partnerships with educational and extension programs and public outreach campaigns. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
City of St Louis Sustainability Plan 2013, St. Louis, Missouri
| Jurisdiction Name: | St. Louis |
| State/Province: | MO |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 319,294 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | plan |
| Year: | 2013 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food production, community food security |
| Keywords: | community garden, food access, food waste, healthy corner store program, healthy food, local food, nutrition education, sustainability plan, urban agriculture, vacant land |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | City of St. Louis Planning Commission |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | St. Louis Office of Sustainability; Green Team |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | $3,717,500 for three years |
| Funding Sources: | Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Stimulus Program |
| Policy Outcome(s): | The City of St. Louis Sustainability Plan’s primary objective is to “use the City’s limited resources in efficient and innovative ways, and foster revitalization to promote a vibrant, attractive, prosperous and healthy community for present and future generations.” The plan uses a three-pronged definition of sustainability (with economic, social and environmental drivers) to develop seven goals, 50 objectives, 317 strategies, assessments and potential funding tools. A notable objective for food and agriculture under the topic of urban character, vitality and ecology is building a community-based urban agriculture industry through updated zoning codes, broadening the definition of urban farming to include unconventional practices, and developing policies that permit leasing of vacant lots for community gardens. The plan also seeks to engage and empower youth through the development of green jobs in the food sector and increased access to affordable, healthy food. To ensure equal access to amenities, opportunities, safety and health throughout the city, the plan proposes incentives to new markets to locate in areas “identified as food deserts,” tax incentives to provide fresh produce, and establishment of a shuttle bus that links residents with fresh, local, and healthy food. In the broader scope of health, well-being and safety, a key objective of the plan is increased access to healthy, local food and nutritional information. This objective includes strategies such as eliminating food deserts, connecting food growers with consumers, begin healthy food choice education at the elementary level, improve availability of farmers markets and local foods, provide education on nutrition, and deliver healthy food to those in need. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
Sustainable Santa Fe 25-Year Plan, Santa Fe, New Mexico
| Jurisdiction Name: | Santa Fe |
| State/Province: | NM |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 83,776 |
| Population Range: | 50,000 to 249,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | plan |
| Year: | 2018 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food production, community food security |
| Keywords: | climate change, food economy, food security, health, healthy food, local food system, nutrition education, sustainability plan |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Santa Fe City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Santa Fe Food Policy Council; Santa Fe Department of Public Works |
| Support Entity(s): | Sustainable Santa Fe Commission |
| Funding Amount: | unknown |
| Funding Sources: | Santa Fe Community Foundation and McCune provided grants to conduct the Community Conversations |
| Policy Outcome(s): | Sustainable Santa Fe is a 25-year plan that uses the Triple Bottom Line framework to build a carbon-neutral and sustainable community. The three components of the framework are: environmental resilience, economic vitality, and quality of life/social equity. Under the elements quality of life and social equity, ‘food systems’ is outlined as its own objective to support and strengthen the connection between and within local food systems by working with system actors and consumers to enhance sustainable practices, support the local food economy, and ensure food security. The food system objective has specific targets of: achieving annual increases in the City of Santa Fe’s procurement of New Mexico grown produce, increasing community access to food retail outlets, and expanding opportunities for local food producers to sell and distribute food locally. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |