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The Role Of Food Policy Councils In Developing Sustainable Food Systems
Vol. 3, 2008by: Rebecca Schiff, Journal of Hunger & Envrionmental NutritionThis article discusses food system solutions with one of these being food policy councils and how they can be the bridge gap between public, private, and academic entities. -
Planning For Local Food Systems: A Whatcom County Case Study
May 2023by: Lisa Pool, AICP, Ali JensenThis blog post discusses and analyzes the Whatcom County Food Systems plan and how integral local governments are in the process. -
Building Sustainable And Resilient City Region Food Systems Assessment And Planning Handbook
2023This guide focuses on the need for resilient and sustainable city/regional food systems. -
Food System resilience: A Planning Guide For Local Governments
December 2022by: Elsie Moore, Erin Biehl, Meg Burke, Karen Bassarab, Caitlin Misiaszek, Roni NeffThis guide put the focus of local food systems and local governments efforts in the light of equity. -
City Practitioners Handbook: Circular Food Systems
September 2021The guide published by ICLEI and Circulars is for local and regional planners and governments looking to connect their local food systems. -
The Planner's Guide To The Urban Food System
January 2008by: Bowen Patterson, Arly CassidyThis guide discusses how and why food systems interact and are affected by economic, environmental, and social issues. -
The How And Why Of Local Government Support For Food Systems
November 2016This online training focuses on how and why it is important for local governments to support for food systems. -
Environmental Impacts Along Food Supply Chains
September 2022by: Koen Deconinck, Lucinda ToyamaThis report analyzes what is and isn't known about the environmental impacts that impact or are placed on the food supply chains. -
Gender And Food Systems
September 2022by: Celine Giner, May Hobeika, Chiara FischettiThis report analyzes how gender inclusion can play a role in food systems. -
Urban Agriculture And A Planning Approach To Urban Food Systems
No. 4, 2014by: Stephanie White, Michael HammThis report discusses city food systems in a rapidly urbanizing context. -
Municipal Food Systems Planning Toolkit For MAPC Communities
December 2013by: Liz Carver, Joanna Hamilton, Jasmine Tanguay, Julie ConroyThis toolkit addresses that local governments historically have focused on land use, water, housing, and health but have failed to consider food systems as a local issue. -
Improved Rural Urban Linkages: Building Sustainable Food Systems
January 2017This video focuses on how the interconnection of urban and rural will only be further constrained specifically in regards to food systems. -
Chickens and Ducks in Anne Arundel County, MD
2013This local guide from Anne Arundel County, MD, offers guidelines on keeping chickens and ducks within the county. -
A Guide to Owning Chickens in Richmond, VA
2013This local guide summarizes basic information, program details, and permit application information for keeping chickens within the city of Richmond, VA. -
Keeping Animals in Boulder County, CO
2013This local guide from Boulder County, CO, summarizes the county's regulations for keeping animals, including chickens and bees. -
Small Animals and Livestock
DDES Customer Information Bulletin # 41A, 2013This local guide from King County, WA, offers a detailed description of animal regulations in the county. -
A Guide to the Rules and Regulations and Best Practices for Keeping Backyard Hens
n.d.This local guide from Garner, NC, summarizes regulations and chicken care essentials. -
Backyard Poultry: Implications for Public Health and Safety
Food Policy Research Center Issue Brief, 2013by: Tanya Bailey, Jean LarsonThis briefing paper summarizes the current science related to the public health and safety aspects of keeping a small flock of backyard poultry. -
Developing Regulations for Keeping Urban Chickens
2015by: Jacquie JacobThis article from Cooperative Extension provides recommendations on developing regulations for urban chickens. -
The ABCs of Urban Agriculture
2015This urban agriculture guide from Somerville, MA, promotes best emerging practices and provides the forms required for urban agriculture in the city. -
Suggestions for Ordinances Allowing Backyard Poultry
2010by: Darrin Karcher, Paul Wylie, R.M. FultonThis bulletin lists recommendations for backyard chicken ordinances that address animal welfare, neighbor annoyance concerns, and environmental impacts. -
Model Beekeeping Ordinance for Florida (Local and Municipal) Governments
n.d.This model ordinance was developed by the Beekeepers Association of Southwest Florida to regulate the keeping of honey bees. -
Model Beekeeping Ordinance
2007This model beekeeping ordinance was prepared by the Minnesota Hobby Beekeepers Association. -
Of Backyard Chickens and Front Yard Gardens: The Conflict Between Local Governments and Locavores
University of Maine Law School Digital Commons, 2012by: Sarah SchindlerThis article explores justifications for the replacement of proscriptive urban agriculture bans with new prescriptive and permissive urban agriculture policies and regulations. -
Regulating Backyard Slaughter: Strategies and Gaps in Municipal Livestock Ordinances
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development 6(1): 33–48, 2015by: Jennifer BlechaThis article examines the animal policies in 22 U.S. cities and identifies five approaches to governing backyard slaughter. -
Reimagining the Food System, the Economy, and Urban Life: New Urban Chicken-Keepers in U.S. Cities
Urban Geography 35(1): 86–108, January 2014by: Jennifer Blecha, Helga LeitnerThis article offers a study of urban chicken-keepers in Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, and describes the benefits that these residents feel they are gaining by keeping chickens. -
Non-Commercial Keeping of Bees, Chickens, and Goats
2016by: Travis Carbaugh, Shaun FlynnThis student paper examines existing municipal efforts to regulate backyard bee, chicken, and goat keeping and proposes a model ordinance. -
Urban Livestock Ownership, Management, and Regulation in the United States: An Exploratory Survey and Research Agenda
Portland State Urban Studies and Planning Faculty Publications and Presentations, 2014by: Nathan McClintock, Esperanza Pallana, Heather WootenThis report describes the findings of a survey of 134 urban livestock owners in 48 cities to determine their motivations, management practices, and compliance with local ordinances. -
Residential Urban Chicken Keeping: An Examination of 25 Cities
2008by: Kt LabadieThis student report analyzes 25 chicken ordinances from across the U.S. and reveals trends in urban chicken-keeping regulations. -
Guidance and Recommendations for Connecticut Municipal Zoning Regulations and Ordinances for Livestock
June 2012by: Eastern Connecticut Resource Conservation and Development Area, Inc.This report offers guidance to Connecticut municipalities in drafting land use regulations related to livestock. -
Welcoming Animals Back to the City: Navigating the Tensions of Urban Livestock Through Municipal Ordinances
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Development 2(2): 1–23, 2012by: William ButlerThis article studies ordinances from 22 U.S. cities that have recently revised their codes and analyzes how these cities regulate urban livestock. -
Illegal Fowl: A Survey of Municipal Laws Relating to Backyard Poultry and a Model Ordinance for Regulating City Chickens
42 Environmental Law Reporter 10888, 2012by: Jaime BouvierThis article reports on municipal chicken-keeping ordinances in the 100 largest U.S. cities and offers a model ordinances for use by municipalities. -
Feeding the Locavores, One Chicken at a Time: Regulating Backyard Chickens
2011 Zoning and Planning Law Report, Vol. 34, No. 3, p. 1; Albany Law School Research Paper No. 46; Touro Law Center Legal Studies Research Paper Seriesby: Patricia SalkinThis article examines federal and state government regulation, nuisance law and restrictive covenants, and zoning and other local controls used to regulate backyard chickens. -
Honey, It’s all the Buzz: Regulating Neighborhood Bee Hives
Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review 39: 55, 2011; Albany Law School Research Paper No. 19 of 2011–2012.by: Patricia SalkinThis article reviews practical regulations that promote backyard beekeeping while maximizing its benefits and minimizing its potential harm. -
Zoning Guidelines for Permitting Domestic Livestock Uses
2004This report analyzes the potential impacts of keeping livestock in residential areas and provides a list of model zoning definitions and specific standards. -
Urban Chicken Ownership in Four U.S. Cities
2010by: USDAThis USDA report studied the keeping of backyard chickens in four U.S. metro areas. -
Cary, NC, Code of Ordinances
Updated June 2021These regulations belong to the Group Housing and Urban Livestock collections. -
Tampa, FL, Code of Ordinances
Updated July 2022This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation, Biophilic Planning, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Tucson, AZ, Codified Ordinances
Updated July 2022The city's Codified Ordinances belongs to the Biophilic Planning, Content-Neutral Sign Regulation, Downtown Revitalization, Historic Preservation, Marijuana-Related Uses, Scenic View Protection, Solar Energy, Urban Heat Resilience, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Issaquah, WA, Municipal Code
Updated August 2019This collection belongs to the Green Building, Solar Energy, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Cedar Rapids, IA, Municipal Code
Updated January 2019This regulation belongs to the Historic Preservation, Solar Energy, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Lakewood, CO, Zoning Ordinance
Updated July 2019These regulations belong to the Solar Energy and Urban Livestock collections. -
Amherst Town, NY, Farmland Protection & Agricultural Development Plan
Adopted June 2021This functional plan presents strategies for farmland protection and agricultural development. -
Buncombe County, NC, Farmland Protection Plan
Updated June 2020This functional plan provides recommendations to help protect prime farmland and support the agricultural sector in Buncombe County, recognizing that while the county has successfully preserved farmland over the years, it has experienced a decline in farm economic activity. -
Orange County, NY, Agricultural and Farmland Protection Plan
Adopted January 2015This functional plan provides strategies to guide the county's agricultural and farmland protection efforts. -
Greenwich Township, NJ, Farmland Preservation Plan Element
Adopted January 2011This functional plan addresses farmland preservation within the jurisdiction. -
Oneida County, NY, Agriculture and Farmland Protection Plan
Adopted June 2017This functional plan presents goals and strategies for agricultural and farmland protection within the county. -
Combating the Climate Crisis Through Conservation
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, July 10, 2020This blog post discusses the changes in two of the country's land conservation programs under the Agriculture Resilience Act and how these changes can help address climate change concerns in working farmland. -
Defining the Role of Conservation in Agricultural Conservation Easements
Ecology Law Quarterly, 44(3): 627-680, December 2017by: Jess PhelpsThis article addresses the conflicts between agricultural conservation easements and farmers' needs to adjust future agricultural practices and business conditions. -
Preserving and Promoting Agricultural Activities in the Peri-Urban Space
University of Manitoba Press, March 2017by: Nicolas BrunetThis article discusses the preservation of agricultural land and agricultural activities in areas that are subject to the pressures of urban development.