| 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: | Web |
| Policy type: | ordinance |
| Year: | 2012 |
| GFC Topic: | community food production |
| Keywords: | agriculture, bees, food production, honeybee permit, honeybees, honeybees permit, land use, local, urban agriculture, zoning |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Madison City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | City of Madison, WI Treasurer's Office |
| Support Entity(s): | City of Madison Department of Planning and Community and Economic Development |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | n/a |
| Policy Outcome(s): | The city of Madison updated their code of ordinances and zoning code to allow for beekeeping in the city. There are a number of restrictions related to the keeping of honeybees, including a limit of 6 hives on a lot, not exceeding 20 cubic feet in volume. In addition, hives must be at least 3 feet from any property line, 10 feet from a sidewalk, and 25 feet from a principal building on an abutting lot. In addition, the owner, operator, or tenant of the hive must obtain a permit annually for $10. It is allowed in all zones but manufacturing, office, and exclusively commercial districts. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
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Community Garden Guidelines for City-Owned Property
| Jurisdiction Name: | Decatur |
| State/Province: | AL |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 55,683 |
| Population Range: | 50,000 to 249,999 |
| Policy Links: | |
| Policy type: | guidelines |
| Year: | 2010 |
| GFC Topic: | community food security |
| Keywords: | access, advisory group, agriculture, community garden, community garden program, design guidelines, food access, green space, guidelines, land use, local food, sustainability, urban agriculture, zoning |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Decatur City Commission |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | City of Decatur |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | staff time only |
| Funding Sources: | n/a |
| Policy Outcome(s): | These guidelines are for community gardens on city-owned property in Decatur. This document assists in protecting and improving the environment in Decatur, especially because many of the community gardens are located near waterways. Additionally, the guidelines go through the application process and the rules in operating a community garden on city-owned land. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
Local Food Supply, a Chapter of the Marquette County Comprehensive Plan
| Jurisdiction Name: | Marquette County |
| State/Province: | MI |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | County |
| Population: | 67,077 |
| Population Range: | 50,000 to 249,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | plan |
| Year: | 2013 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food production, community food security |
| Keywords: | agriculture, community garden, development, economic development, economic viability, farm to institution, farmers market, food access, food affordability, food distribution, food infrastructure, food policy council, food processing, food procurement, food production, food purchasing, food retail, food security, food system, health promoting, healthy food, land use, local economy, local food, locally grown, locally grown food, public funds, sustainable food, urban agriculture, zoning |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Marquette County Planning Commission 9.13.13 adopted by resolution, Marquette County Board of Commissioners 2.18.14 approved by motion. |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Marquette County Planning Commission |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | general fund of Marquette County |
| Policy Outcome(s): | The Local Food Supply chapter in the Marquette County Comprehensive Plan will be referenced by the Marquette County Planning Commission to aid in decisions regarding local food systems. The chapter is intended to be used for educating the public as to how a strong food system can benefit the community. Included in the chapter are visions, goals, policies, information on all aspects of the food system (including production, processing, distribution, consumption and food waste recovery), limitations, and challenges. Additionally, ways to strengthen the food system are included in the plan.
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| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 – Link 2 |
Edible Community: The Healthy Damascus Food Plan
| Jurisdiction Name: | City of Damascus |
| State/Province: | OR |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 10,539 |
| Population Range: | 2,500 to 19,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | plan |
| Year: | 2013 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food production, community food security |
| Keywords: | advisory group, agriculture, community garden, farmers market, farmland, farmland preservation, food access, food infrastructure, food production, food retail, food security, food system, healthy food, land use, sustainability, underserved, urban agriculture, zoning |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | City of Damascus City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | City of Damascus, Damascus Farmers Market, Community Cares (nonprofit) |
| Support Entity(s): | City of Damascus, Clackamas County |
| Funding Amount: | $100,000 (for development), implementation pending |
| Funding Sources: | Kaiser Permanente Community Benefits Fund, City of Damascus |
| Policy Outcome(s): | A Kaiser Permanente Community Health Initiatives grant was awarded to the City of Damascus in 2011. Edible Community: The Healthy Damascus Food Plan was developed to guide public decisions to strengthen the food system. The plan aims to improve access to healthy food, increase opportunities for active living and improve overall community health. It includes zoning codes that support urban agriculture and farmers markets, active living policies are included in the transportation code, programs and projects are included that can be implemented by community organizations to support community food security, as well as nutrition guidelines for public meetings and more. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
Local Food Purchase Policy, Resolution
| Jurisdiction Name: | Woodbury County |
| State/Province: | IA |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | County |
| Population: | 102,172 |
| Population Range: | 50,000 to 249,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | resolution |
| Year: | 2006 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections |
| Keywords: | food procurement, food production, food purchasing, local, local food, local food production, local food purchasing policy, organic, procurement, production, purchasing |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Woodbury County Board of Supervisors |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | departments of Woodbury County that serve food in the usual course of business (e.g. County jail) |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | |
| Funding Sources: | |
| Policy Outcome(s): | established a local food purchase policy for the County; County departments that serve food in the usual course of business (e.g. jails) are required to purchase locally produced organic food |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
Douglas County Heritage Conservation Council, Resolution No. 11-19
| 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: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | resolution |
| Year: | 2011 |
| GFC Topic: | community food production |
| Keywords: | agricultural land, agricultural land protection, agriculture, conservation, conservation easement, food production, grant program, land protection, production, program, public funds, rural, rural agriculture |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Douglas County Board of County Commissioners |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Douglas County Heritage Conservation Council |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | $350,000 (2011) |
| Funding Sources: | Douglas County |
| Policy Outcome(s): | established the Douglas County Heritage Conservation Council; provided the Council with the authority to administer and preside over all aspects of the Natural & Cultural Heritage Grant Program; grants provided include those for conservation easements on prime agricultural land or land of unique value |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
Cook County Land Bank Authority, Sec. 103
| Jurisdiction Name: | Cook County |
| State/Province: | IL |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality/County |
| Population: | 5,194,675 |
| Population Range: | 1 million or more |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | ordinance |
| Year: | 2013 |
| GFC Topic: | community food security |
| Keywords: | agriculture, community garden, development, economic development, economic vitality, farmland preservation, food access, food distribution, food infrastructure, food processing, food production, food security, food system, land, land development, land use, local food, low-income, public funds, tax, underserved, urban agriculture, vacant property |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Cook County Board of Commissioners, South Suburban Mayors & Managers Assn. |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Cook County Land Bank Authority, South Suburban Land Bank Development Authority |
| Support Entity(s): | State of Illinois, Cook County |
| Funding Amount: | $20,000,000+ |
| Funding Sources: | State of Illinois, Cook County, Private Bank, many other sources |
| Policy Outcome(s): | In Cook County, there are 214,000 housing units vacant. The new land bank will work to acquire properties, manage them, and return them to productive use. Land banking is a flexible tool that can be shaped to meet the needs of each participating community. In stronger market areas, land banks can facilitate immediate housing development or redevelopment, or commercial or industrial growth by speeding the transfer of vacant property to new owners, collaborating with individuals and organizations to renovate viable properties and assembling larger sites for private redevelopment. In harder hit communities, land banks provide a degree of stability that plants the seeds for economic revitalization in the near- or mid-term. In the hardest hit communities, land banks implement strategies that stop the downward spiral that, if left unchecked, would leave them decimated for generations. In such communities, demolition of nuisance properties may be the best short-term strategy, eliminating properties that drag down property values and promote blight. When the most troubled buildings have been cleared, the land can be used for new safe play areas or expanded side- or backyards. Cleared land also provides opportunities for urban agriculture and community-based food system practitioners to secure the access to land that is so essential to nurturing local food systems. Targeted demolition has proven to be an essential part of neighborhood stabilization efforts and lays the foundation for revitalization. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
Supermarket Tax Exemption Act, DC Law 13-166
| Jurisdiction Name: | Washington |
| State/Province: | DC |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 601,723 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
| Policy Links: | |
| Policy type: | act |
| Year: | 2000 |
| GFC Topic: | community food security |
| Keywords: | access, act, food access, food desert, food retail, grocery store, healthy food, low-income, neighborhood, priority development area, public funds, retail, supermarket, supermarket tax exemption, tax, tax exemption |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Council of the District of Columbia |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic Development |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | variable amount dependent on property value and other factors |
| Funding Sources: | Washington DC, tax exemption |
| Policy Outcome(s): | Amended Title 47 of the District of Columbia Code; established the Supermarket Tax Exemption Act by which the District waives certain taxes and fees to supermarkets that locate in specific neighborhoods. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
Organics Conversion Policy, Resolution
| Jurisdiction Name: | Woodbury County |
| State/Province: | IA |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | County |
| Population: | 102,172 |
| Population Range: | 50,000 to 249,999 |
| Policy Links: | |
| Policy type: | resolution |
| Year: | 2005 |
| GFC Topic: | community food production |
| Keywords: | agricultural practices, agriculture, economic investment, farm, farming, food production, health, local, local food, local food production, organic, organic farming, organics conversion, practices, production, property tax, property tax rebate, public funds, tax, tax rebate |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Woodbury County Board of Supervisors |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Woodbury County Rural Economic Development Department |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | $250,000 |
| Funding Sources: | Woodbury County, property tax rebates |
| Policy Outcome(s): | Policy provided a commitment of $50,000 per year for five years to fund property tax rebates for farmers willing to convert from conventional to organic farming practices |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
Chittenden County Environment, Community, Opportunity, Sustainability (ECOS) Plan, Chittenden County, Vermont
| Jurisdiction Name: | Chittenden |
| State/Province: | VT |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | County |
| Population: | 156,545 |
| 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: | agricultural land protection, environment, healthy food access, local food system, plan, urban agriculture |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission; Greater Burlington Industrial Corporation |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission |
| Support Entity(s): | Community stakeholders |
| Funding Amount: | $1,000,000 grant (grant received in 2013) |
| Funding Sources: | Leveraged 2013 funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Sustainable Communities Project (with co-sponsorship from the EPA and U.S. DOT) for previous ECOS Plan |
| Policy Outcome(s): | The 2018 Chittenden ECOS Plan, while targetting issues of the environment, equity, and sustainability, uses sub-strategies and actions to get at these larger scale challenges and opportunities. The 2018 Plan is an updated version of a 2013 ECOS plan which was created after 2 years of planning (2011-2013). One goal of the 2018 Plan was to strive for 80% of new development in areas planned for growth, which amounts to 15% of Chittenden County’s land area, by “increasing investment in and decrease subdivision of working lands and significant habitiats, and support local food systems.” Supporting the local system consists of action steps such as protecting farmland and forestland while supporting exisiting and new initiatives such as surban and suburban home gardens and mini-homesteads, suppporting the establishment of food processing industries, value-added product markets, workforce training, etc., supporting implementation of the state-wide Farm to Plate Strategic Plan while balancing goals for a strong local food system. Another sub-category of the ECOS plan that pertains more towards health equity, “increase opportunity for every person in our community to achieve optimal health and personal safety,” discusses healthy community design by addressing food availability, especially heatlhy food access as a driver of individual and community wellbeing. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |