GROWING LOCAL: A Community Guide to Planning for Agriculture and Food Systems

 

GROWING LOCAL: A Community Guide to Planning for Agriculture and Food Systems 

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This guide is meant to help communities remove public policy barriers and advance policy solutions to strengthen community food systems. It builds upon successful examples that ensure communities support local farms and protect farmland, support the infrastructure needed to get food from farm to plate, and provide all community residents with access to healthy, affordable, and culturally appropriate food. It shares principles and practices, and provides a comprehensive collection of local policies available to help farmers and other community members work with public and private partners to advance food system planning, policy, and public investment.

 

This guide is intended for various audiences, from farmers to food policy councils, and including local health officials, planning commissions, nonprofits and civic organizations, and others working to support local food production and improve community food security.  It is organized to be used online and/or in print.  The complete guide is available for free here or choose a section below to explore in the order you find most useful.