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Design Thinking in Policymaking Processes: Opportunities and Challenges
Australian Journal of Public Administration, 75 (3): 391–402, 2016by: Michael Mintrom, Joannah LuetiensThis article explores how planners and local officials can apply design thinking strategies to local policy development. It highlights five specific strategies: environmental scanning, participant observation, open-to-learning conversations, mapping, and sensemaking. -
Design in Government: City Planning, Space-Making, and Urban Politics
Political Geography, 97: 102644, 2022by: Stephen Collier, Anke GruendelThis article discusses how design and design thinking evolved from contemporary design and now is utilized as a procedure to solve problems. -
Design Thinking IDEO
2019by: IDEOThis website provides a general audience introduction to the concept of design thinking from the perspective of an influential design firm. -
DT Tools
2021This toolkit details all the steps of the design process in easy to read and understand processes to help streamline implementation. -
Know Before You Grow: Understanding Site Risks for Garden and Growing Activities
EPA-560-F-21-201, October 2021This fact sheet provides information on how to assess soils for urban gardening to determine whether the lot is a brownfield and the level of soil contamination. -
Bethlehem, NY, Bethlehem Forward
Adopted June 2022This comprehensive plan by the Town of Bethlehem is focusing their efforts on pedestrian accessibility, economic, and environmental conditions. -
New York, NY, Food Forward NYC: A 10-Year Food Policy Plan
September 2022This food system policy plan is a policy framework that is aimed at improving the equitability, sustainability, and heath of New York City’s food system by 2031. -
Brownfields and Urban Agriculture: Interim Guidelines for Safe Gardening Practices
2011This guide provides information and recommendations to help with developing safe urban agriculture projects on former brownfield sites. -
San Mateo County, CA, Urban Agriculture Guide
May 2020This guide provides information to help support urban agriculture in San Mateo County, CA. -
Farmland Access in Urban Settings
2018by: Johanna Rosen, Kathryn Ruhf, Bob WagnerThis briefing paper addresses land access and tenure challenges for urban farming. -
Does Urban Agriculture Improve Food Security? Examining the Nexus of Food Access and Distribution of Urban Produced Foods in the United States: A Systematic Review
Sustainability, 10(9): 1-27, 2018by: Alana Siegner, Jennifer Sowerwine, Charisma AceyThis article explores the impact of urban food production on community food security. -
Bridgeport, CT, Cultivating Community: An Urban Agriculture Master Plan for Bridgeport
Adopted June 2019This functional plan presents a community vision and policy recommendations to support urban agriculture in Bridgeport, CT. -
Healthy Soil for Urban Farm Production: Building from Scratch
Cornell Small Farms Program, January 11, 2021by: Kyle RittenburgThis blog post explores the challenges and opportunities of turning vacant or underutilized land into productive farmland. -
Food Policy: Urban Farming as a Supplemental Food Source
Journal of Social Change, 8(1): 1-13, 2016by: Bessie DiDomenica, Mark GordonThis article explores urban agriculture's potential of contributing to the urban food system. -
Troup County, GA, Code of Ordinances
2017The county’s zoning ordinance includes supplemental regulations that address rural and agritourism development. -
Woodford County, KY, Zoning Ordinance
2017The county’s zoning ordinance permits agritourism-related uses in the Agricultural district. -
Washington Township, MI, Zoning Ordinance
Updated June 2021The township’s zoning ordinance establishes agricultural tourism provisions to maintain and encourage local farming -
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County, NC, Unified Development Ordinance
2016The city/county's zoning code allows agricultural tourism uses in the conservation and agricultural districts with a zoning permit. -
Vergennes, MI, Zoning Ordinance
2017The township’s zoning ordinance allows agritourism businesses as special exception uses. -
Horry County, SC, Code of Ordinances
Updated January 2019These regulations belong to the Agritourism and Tiny Houses and Micro-Apartments collections. -
Larimer County, CO, Land Use Code
2018The county’s land use code provides detailed standards for agritourism uses and authorizes transfer of development rights for the preservation of open land and balanced future growth. -
El Dorado County, CA, Code of Ordinances
2018The county’s zoning code addresses agritourism through on-site produce sales and "ranch marketing" uses. -
Jefferson County, WA, Municipal Code
2017The county’s unified development code addresses agritourism. -
Dinwiddie County, VA, Code of Ordinances
2017The county’s zoning ordinance addresses agritourism within an article on agricultural operations. -
Gray, ME, Zoning Ordinance
2013The town’s zoning ordinance defines and provides standards for agritourism. -
Calvert County, MD, Zoning Ordinance
2018The county’s zoning ordinance addresses agritourism in a section on Agritourism, Ecotourism, and Heritage Tourism Uses and Definitions. -
Malta, NY, Code of Ordinances
2017The town’s zoning code addresses agritourism through an Agricultural Protection Overlay District that allows those uses. -
New River Valley, VA, Agriculture and Agritourism Strategic Plan
2016This agritourism strategic plan examines both agribusiness and agritourism. -
Sacramento County, CA, General Plan
Adopted 1993, amended 2011 & 2017The county’s general plan addresses agricultural tourism in the agricultural and economic development elements. -
Sutter County, CA, General Plan
Adopted March 29, 2011The county addresses agritourism in the Agricultural Resources chapter of its general plan. -
Thurston County, WA, Amend Development Code to Create an Agri-Tourism Overlay District and Permit Wineries and Breweries in Specific Areas of Rural Thurston County
December 7, 2011This staff report notes planning commission concerns about creating an agritourism overlay district within the county. -
St. Charles County, MO, Agri-Tourism Land Use Plan
August 2012This master plan amendment addresses agritourism uses in the southwestern portion of the county. -
Broome County, NY, Agricultural Economic Development Plan
2001This agricultural economic development plan proposes an agricultural tourism initiative in concert with other economic development strategies to promote the county’s agricultural industry. -
Sonoma County, CA, Agricultural Tourism
June 19, 2002This staff report includes a draft of a white paper on policies and regulation of agricultural tourism. -
Lake County, CA, General Plan
2008The county’s general plan addresses agricultural tourism in its Agricultural Resources element. -
Hunterdon County, NJ, Environmental Toolbox
2002This collection of model ordinances includes one that addresses on-farm markets and farm stands that directly market farm products to the public. -
Acme, MI, Requested Zoning Ordinance Amendment 0XX – Addition of “Barn Functions” to “Uses Permitted by Special Use Permit” in the A‐1, Agricultural Zoning District
August 22, 2011 – May 1, 2012This series of staff reports and meeting minutes details discussions about a zoning amendment that added a wide range of “Agricultural Tourism” as uses permitted by right or by special permit to the agricultural district. -
Forsyth County, NC, Public Hearing on Zoning Text Amendment to Amend Chapters A and B of the Unified Development Ordinances to Create Provisions for the “Agricultural Tourism” Use Classification (UDO)
January 2008This brief staff report recommends amending the county’s unified development ordinance to create provisions for an agricultural use classification within Voluntary Agricultural Districts. -
San Mateo County, CA, Agritourism Guidelines
2012These guidelines were developed to guide the review and establishment of commercial activities on agricultural land. -
Mariposa County, CA, Agriculture Advisory Committee Summary and Recommendations
August 20, 2009This staff report recommends an agritourism and agri-nature tourism amendment to the county code for approval. -
Snohomish County, WA, Focus on Farming
2017This county website addresses agritourism as part of a wide range of resources for local agricultural producers. -
Local Regulation of Agritourism and Agriculture
New Hampshire Office of Energy and Planning Seminar, Spring 2016by: Barton MayerThis paper examines the legal aspects of regulating agritourism, in particular how it is defined as an accessory use to agriculture. -
Agritourism
2018This clearinghouse website offers a wide range of resources on agritourism within California. -
Perceived Impact of Agritourism on Farm Economic Standing, Sales and Profits
Tourism Travel and Research Association: Advancing Tourism Research Globally, 34, 2010by: Carla Barbieri, Christine TewThis article examines the economic gains of agritourism development on Missouri farms. -
The Economic Contributions of Agritourism in New Jersey
Rutgers Cooperative Extension Bulletin E333, 2014by: Brian Schilling, Kevin Sullivan, Stephen KomarThis bulletin examines the economic contributions of agritourism in the state of New Jersey. -
Report of the Center for Rural Virginia On the Expansion and Promotion of Farm Businesses and Rural Enterprises
2010This report examines strategies that expand and promote economic opportunities of the agriculture industry, particularly the expansion and promotion of farm businesses or rural enterprises. -
Consumer Demand for Agricultural and On-Farm Nature Tourism
University of California Small Farm Center Research Brief 2005-01, 2005by: Desmond Jolly, Kristin ReynoldsThis briefing paper examined demographic and psychographic characteristics of potential agritourism visitors as well as consumer motivations for farm and ranch visits and prospects for increased farm revenue. -
Direct Farm Marketing as a Rural Development Tool
Rural Development Perspectives, vol. 12, no. 2, 2001by: Fred GaleThis article explores the prospects of direct farm marketing for bolstering farm income and promoting rural development. -
Planning for Agritourism: A Guide for Local Governments and Indiana Farmers
2012This guide reinforces the importance of planning for agritourism activities as a way to help support existing farming enterprises, diversify local economies, and maintain rural character.