| Jurisdiction Name: | Baltimore City |
| State/Province: | MD |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 620,961 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
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| Policy type: | ordinance |
| Year: | 2009 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food production, community food security |
| Keywords: | access, affordability, agriculture, buy local, consumption, food access, food consumption, food marketing, food production, food system, healthy, healthy eating, healthy food, institution, land use, local, local food, marketing, production, school, urban, urban agriculture, water |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Baltimore City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Baltimore Office of Sustainability |
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| Policy Outcome(s): | plan incorporated food system goals and recommendations related to urban agriculture, food availability, food access, local food procurement, and local/regional food data; helped lead to a number of programs and initiatives such as the Land Leasing Initiative, Baltimore Food Policy Initiative, Power in Dirt Initiative, Future Harvest-CASA Beginner Farmer Training Program, Baltimarket, and Baltimore Climate Action Plan |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
