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Planning for Agriculture: A Guide for Connecticut Municipalities

Publisher: American Farmland Trust and Connecticut Conference of Municipalities

Published Date: 2012

Document Type: Guide

Format: Electronic

Free of Cost: Yes

This guide provides a primer and introductory toolkit for planners and municipal officials in Connecticut on planning for agriculture. It outlines a broad range of tools and resources available to help local governments plan for agriculture. The guide focuses on the current challenges facing agriculture and provides specific ways the practice of agriculture, from planting and cultivating to processing and marketing, is affected and sometimes hindered by current rules and regulations.

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Growing Food Connections Topic(s): community food connections, community food production

Main Food Topics: food access, food aggregation, food availability, food distribution, food marketing, food processing, food procurement, food production, food retail, food sector, food security

Sub Food Topics: Affordability, buy local, commercial kitchen, community kitchen, farm to institution, farmers market, food business incubator, food business technology, food hub, food infrastructure, underserved population(s), value-added

Public Policy Topics: Physical projects, Plans, Programs, Public investment, Regulations/laws

Geographic Scale: Municipality, Urban

Addresses food security needs of underserved populations: Yes

Resource Focus: Connecticut