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Guide to Urban Farming in New York State
2016by: Hannah Koski, Elizabeth Gabriel, Molly RiordanThis guide provides information to help understand and address the challenges associated with urban food systems and resources to support food production in urban and peri-urban areas. -
Urban Farm Business Plan: Handbook
September 2011This guide provides information for developing business plans intended to support the start-up and operations of urban farms. -
Can We Be Partners? A Case Study of Community Action and Local Food Systems Planning in Los Angeles
Journal of the American Planning Association, 85(3): 202-217, 2019by: David Sloane, Breanna Hawkins, Jacqueline IllumThis article presents a case study of how a heath advocacy organization in Los Angeles, CA, Community Health Councils (CHC), partnered with city planners and other allies to integrate food issues into three community plans. -
Urban Farming Is Going High Tech: Digital Urban Agriculture's Links to Gentrification and Land Use
Journal of the American Planning Association, 86(1): 47-59, 2020by: Michael CarolanThis article looks into where traditional urban agriculture and digital urban agriculture converge and diverge from one another as it relates to gentrification and inequitable land-use patterns. -
Regulatory Practices of Urban Agriculture: A Connection to Planning and Policy
Journal of the American Planning Association, 83(4): 389-403, 2017by: Mahbubur Meenar, Alfonso Morales, Leonard Bonarek, AICPThis article reviews policy and regulatory practices of urban agriculture in metropolitan and micropolitan areas. -
The Intersection of Planning, Urban Agriculture, and Food Justice: A Review of the Literature
Journal of the American Planning Association, 83(3): 277-295, 2017by: Megan Horst, AICP, Nathan McClintock, Lesli HoeyThis article explores the potential that planning for urban agriculture has on fostering food justice for communities. -
Urban Farming: An Introduction to Urban Farming, from Types and Benefits to Strategies and Regulations
2017This report provides an overview of the characteristics of urban agriculture, including benefits and challenges and production, processing, and distribution considerations. -
The Promise of Urban Agriculture: National Study of Commercial Farming
August 2019by: Anu Rangarajan, Molly RiordanThis report explores the commercial and economic viability of urban agriculture. -
Cities and Agriculture: Developing Resilient Urban Food Systems
2015by: Pay Drechsel, Henk de ZeeuwThis book presents a worldwide overview of urban food systems and intends to help planners, urban developers, and policy-makers plan for sustainable and resilient urban food systems. -
Rochester, NY, Rochester 2034
Adopted November 2019This comprehensive plan belongs to the Climate Change, Food Systems, and Urban Agriculture collections. -
Thurston County, WA, Code of Ordinances
2017The county’s zoning code establishes an Agritourism Overlay District. -
Surry County, NC, Code of Ordinances
2017The county’s zoning ordinance allows agritourism-related uses as conditional uses in certain districts. -
Spring Grove, IL, Municipal Code
2017The village’s zoning ordinance addresses agritourism through an agritourism overlay district. -
Rockingham County, NC, Unified Development Ordinance
2017The county’s unified development ordinance provides development standards for agritourism activities. -
Baltimore, MD, The 2019 Baltimore Sustainability Plan
Adopted January 2019This functional plan belongs to the Food Systems, Social Equity and Urban Agriculture collections. -
Mussey Township, MI, Code of Ordinances
2016The township’s zoning ordinance addresses agritourism by allowing agricultural tourism and agriculturally related production uses. -
Milton, GA, Code of Ordinances
2017The city’s zoning code addresses agritourism through “agricultural-related activities” and “rural or agricultural event facility.” -
A Toolkit for Incorporating Food Waste in Municipal Climate Action Plans
July 2021by: Linda Breggin, Akielly Hu, Sam KoenigThis toolkit belongs to both the Climate Change and Food Systems collections. -
Defining Agritourism: A Comparative Study of Stakeholders’ Perceptions in Missouri and North Carolina
Tourism Management 37 (2013): 39e47, 2013by: Claudia Gil Arroyo, Carla Barbieri, Samantha RichThis article seeks to identify preferred definitional elements and types of agritourism activities. -
Kentucky Agritourism Market Study: Executive Summary and Recommendations
2005This report offers an interesting look at factors needed for a successful agritourism program within a state. -
Characteristics of New Jersey Agritourism Farms
Journal of Food Distribution Research 45(2): 161–73, 2014by: Brian Schilling, Kevin SullivanThis article examines the characteristics of New Jersey farms engaging in agritourism using 2007 Census of Agriculture data. -
Facilitating Innovative Agricultural Enterprises: Considerations and Example Language for Vermont Municipalities
2012This guide and model was produced to help support and foster agricultural expansion through “agripreneurism,” or the diversification of on-farm businesses. -
The Demand for Agritourism in the United States
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 33(2): 254-69, 2008by: Carlos Carpio, Michael Wohlgenant, Tullaya BoonsaengThis article examines on-farm recreation, or agritourism, as a marketed amenity of farms, and estimates the market and nonmarket benefits of rural land to visitors. -
Sowing the Seeds for Southtowns Agribusiness: An Assessment of Farms and a Plan for the Future
March 2009This report presents survey findings and outlines recommendations for strategic expansion of the area’s agritourism market. -
The Opportunity for Agritourism Development in New Jersey
October 2006by: Brian Schilling, Lucas Marxen, Helen HeinrichThis report conveys the findings of a one-year study of the potential for agritourism development in New Jersey. -
Michigan Agricultural Tourism Local Zoning Guidebook and Model Zoning Ordinance Provisions
2012This guide offers model zoning ordinance provisions to help local governments address agricultural tourism. -
Lancaster County, PA, Agritourism Guidelines for the Promotion and Regulation of Farm-Based Tourism Enterprises
2009This guide offers model zoning language for agritourism uses. -
Calaveras County, CA, County Code
Updated July 2021These regulations belong to the Agritourism, Farmland Protection, Food Systems, and Home Occupations collections. -
Wichita Falls, TX, Code of Ordinances
2017The city’s business regulations code provides detailed information for mobile food vendors -
Sunnyvale, CA, Municipal Code
Updated August 2019This regulation belongs to the Food Systems, Food Trucks and Green Building collections. -
Los Angeles County, CA, Code of Ordinances
Updated March 2022This regulation belongs to the Built Environment and Health, Food Systems, Food Trucks, Scenic View Protection, and Urban Heat Resilience collections. -
Oakland, CA, Code of Ordinances
2018The city’s codified ordinances belong to the Food Systems, Food Trucks, Micro-Apartments, and Transit-Oriented Development collections. -
New York City, NY, Laws
Updated October 2020The Rules of the City of New York establish affordable housing siting supports and grant program funding for brownfield redevelopment. The city Administrative Code also includes a chapter on mobile food vending. -
Miami-Dade County, FL, Code of Ordinances
2017This regulation belongs to the Food Truck and Urban Heat Resilience collections. -
Fairburn, GA, Code of Ordinances
2017The city's land development code provides numerous standards related to mobile food truck operation, location, regulations, and inspection compliance. -
San Francisco, CA, Public Works Code
2017The city's public works code covers numerous policies and regulations related to food trucks. -
Murphy, TX, Code of Ordinances
2017The city's health and sanitation code and business code both address mobile food units. -
Springdale, AK, Code of Ordinances
2017The city’s zoning ordinance includes a subsection on mobile vending. -
Portland, OR, Vending Carts on Private Property
2017This guide contains information to aid mobile vending operators in understanding the Building and Zoning code standards that are relevant to different types of vending carts. -
Sacramento County, CA, Development Code
Updated February 2021The county’s zoning code addresses urban agriculture. -
On the Go: Insights into Food Truck Regulation
February 2015by: Jessica HueyThis briefing paper from the Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation looks at regulatory reform over the past decade related to mobile food vending. -
Safety Harbor, FL, Land Development Code
Updated August 2021The city’s land development code provides supplementary district regulations for community gardens. -
Eating on the Go: Mobile Food Trucks
2012by: Elizabeth HumstoneThis article from Planning Commissioners Journal discusses the considerations a planner should cover when creating or amending local regulations related to mobile food trucks. -
Hungry Industry on Rolling Regulations: A Look at Food Truck Regulations in Cities Across the United States
2013by: Crystal WilliamsThis article from Maine Law Review documents the different approaches used by local government in regulating mobile food vending. -
Somerville, MA, Zoning Ordinances
Updated December 2019The city’s zoning code addresses urban agriculture. -
Madison, WI, Comprehensive Plan
Adopted August 2018This comprehensive plan belongs to the Autonomous Vehicles, Built Environment and Health, Smart Cities, Social Equity, and Urban Agriculture collections. -
Detroit, MI, Master Plan of Policies
2009This compendium of standalone policies include recommendations that support community gardens and urban farms. -
San Francisco, CA, Community Garden Policy
Adopted April 2006This standalone policy addresses community gardens in San Francisco, CA. -
Fitchburg, WI, Comprehensive Plan
Adopted 2009The city’s comprehensive plan includes several policy recommendations that support community gardens and urban farms. -
Philadelphia, PA, Land Bank’s Acquisition and Disposition Policies
Updated January 2020These standalone policies support community gardens in Philadelphia, PA, and govern the majority of transactions involving publicly-owned property.