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March 16, 2023
Can Zoning Solve Healthy Food Accessibility in Schools?
Uncovering JAPA: Little research has considered equity implications of zoning policies to reduce access to unhealthy foods. This simulation study aims to understand impacts and outcomes. -
August 9, 2022
Visual Guide to Agrivoltaics and Wildlife-Friendly Solar
Agrivoltaics — or the placement of a solar energy system on the same parcel of land as agricultural production — and wildlife-friendly solar practices can help communities capture multiple benefits from large-scale solar development. -
June 3, 2022
It’s Not Necessarily Solar vs. Agriculture
The topic of large-scale solar development in rural communities doesn't have to be controversial. Learn how local officials and developers can work together to clear up the misconception that these two land uses cannot co-exist. -
November 11, 2021
Determining Success of Montgomery County's Transfer Development Rights Program
Uncovering JAPA: By exploring the outcomes of Montgomery County, Maryland's, transfer development rights program, author Li Fang provides a strong case for adjusting the standard practices around TDR program evaluations. -
August 5, 2021
Food For the People: Planning For Equitable Regional Food Systems
Uncovering JAPA: Understand the work that remains in regional food systems planning to make them more equitable. -
June 25, 2020
Preserving the Grass Root of Urban Agriculture
Uncovering JAPA: Does digital urban agriculture mean the end of small scale growing? -
Planners as Partners in Building Healthy Communities
Uncovering JAPA: What does it look like for planners to not simply involve communities but ensure they have agency and can lead? -
November 20, 2018
Three Issues Congress Must Grapple With in 2018 Lame Duck Session
The final act of the 115th Congress is under way and the “lame duck” session has a number of pending issues and imminent deadlines, including appropriations, the Farm Bill, and the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). -
July 31, 2018
What Does the Farm Bill Mean for Planning and Public Health?
Discussions about the next Farm Bill are under way, both in Congress and across the country. Learn more about this multi-year law that authorizes most federal policies governing food and agriculture. -
July 25, 2018
What to Know as Congress Gears Up for Farm Bill Conference
The current farm bill is set to expire. The House and Senate will meet to confer on bills that differ on policies for farming, land conservation, nutrition programs, planning, and rural development. -
May 16, 2018
House Farm Bill Heads to Vote with Blows to Food Planning Programs
The Farm Bill, expiring in September, is one of the few “must do” items likely to make it across the finish line before election campaign season takes over. Jason Jordan previews the fight ahead. -
September 14, 2017
Plan4Health Success Story: Healthy Corner Stores in Tarrant County, Texas
During the project period, Plan4Health Tarrant County built on existing efforts and improved access to local, fresh food in Southeast Fort Worth through partnerships, new initiatives and incorporating a public health perspective into planning efforts. -
October 5, 2016
New Senate Bill Aims to Boost Urban Agriculture
The top Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee has introduced a new bill to significantly boost urban farming. -
August 31, 2016
Mayor Buckhorn: Parks Add Tremendous Value to Life in Tampa
Mayor Bob Buckhorn of Tampa, Florida, explains why parks are so important to his growing city. -
July 26, 2016
Beacon Hill’s Enchanted Food Forest
Sandy Pernitz, the Seattle city staff person who works directly with the Beacon Food Forest, tells the tale of how the community rallied around an innovative project in food systems planning. -
July 26, 2016
The Evolution of Food Systems Planning in Kansas
How Douglas County, Kansas became a nationally recognized leader in food systems planning. -
July 21, 2016
The Secret Garden of Upper Fell’s Point
The residents of Fell’s Point in Baltimore, named a Great Neighborhood in 2012, have used unparalleled efforts to turn an impromptu community project into a bustling neighborhood garden. -
July 20, 2016
Turning Blight to Beets at the Roosevelt Row Growhouse
The Growhouse in Phoenix's Roosevelt Row, named a Great Neighborhood in 2015, turned a dry, vacant lot into a productive urban farm. -
July 12, 2016
New Resources for Local Food Systems Planning
As a part of the Growing Food Connection partnership, APA recently unveiled a series of policy briefs for planners and decision makers that help tackle local issues in food systems planning. -
April 5, 2016
At the Intersection of Planning and Public Health: Kane County, Illinois
Kane County, Illinois, winner of a 2016 National Planning Achievement Award, is also one of the Plan4Health coalitions working to improve access to health food in the community.
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