| Jurisdiction Name: | Hamilton |
| State/Province: | ON |
| Country: | Canada |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 536,917 |
| Population Range: | 250,000 to 999,999 |
| Policy Links: | Web – PDF |
| Policy type: | plan |
| Year: | 2016 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food production, community food security |
| Keywords: | city, community, education, food access, food distribution, food infrastructure, food insecurity, food marketing, food processing, food production, food security, food system, health, infrastructure, locally grown marketing campaign, marketing, plan, school, sustainable, urban agriculture |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | City of Hamilton Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | City of Hamilton Interdepartmental Food Strategy Steering Team |
| Support Entity(s): | Food Advisory Committee; City of Hamilton: Public Health Services; Planning and Economic Development; Community and Emergency Services; Public Works |
| Funding Amount: | n/a |
| Funding Sources: | n/a |
| Policy Outcome(s): | The strategy provides a framework to identify gaps and challenges in Hamilton’s existing food-related strategies. Further, it encourages collaborative and innovative courses of actions from City officials and community stakeholders to address these gaps and areas of opportunity. The strategy adopts a holistic food-system approach to optimize equity and effectiveness. 46 actions are identified with 5 priority actions to be taken on within the first two to three years. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
