Urban Food Policy Councils, Studies and Statements

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• Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer
  Press Announcement February 7, 2009
  Food in the Public Interest
  How New York City’s Food Policy Holds the Key to Hunger, Health, Jobs and the Environment

• Food Systems Network NYC

• UFCW, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Local 1500
  Statement of Food Policy Principles

• Hartford, CT
  Advisory Commission on Food Policy

• New Haven, CT
  New Haven Food Policy Council CitySeed

• Burlington, VT
  Burlington Food Council

• Philadelphia, PA
  Philadelphia Food Charter

• Atlanta, GA
  Atlanta Food Initiative
  2008 Report A Plan for Atlanta’s Sustainable Future

• New Orleans, LA
  New Orleans Food & Farm Network
  New Orleans Community Food Charter

• Chicago, IL
  Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council
  2008 Report Building Chicago’s Community Food Systems
  Department of Planning and Development Policy 2007 Study Eat Local, Live Healthy

• Cleveland, OH
  Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Food Policy Coalition
  The New Agrarian Center
  Food Policy Coalition Overview
  Vision for a Sustainable Urban Food System

• Madison, WI
  Dane County Food Council

• Grand Rapids, MI
  The Greater Grand Rapids Food Systems Council

• Albuquerque, NM
  New Mexico Food and Agriculture Policy Council
  

• Los Angeles, CA
  Los Angeles Food Justice Network

• San Francisco, CA
  San Francisco Food System

• Berkeley, CA
  Berkeley Food Policy Council

• Seattle-King County, WA
  City of Seattle RESOLUTION establishing goals, creating a policy framework, and identifying planning, analysis and actions for the purpose of strengthening Seattle’s food system sustainability and security. Adopted April 2008
  Seattle King County Acting Food Policy Council

• Portland, OR
  Portland Multnomah Food Policy Council
  Land Use and Food Policy
  2005 Study The Diggable City

• Toronto, ON
  Toronto Food Policy Council
  FoodShare
  Food 2002 - Policy Recommendations
  Towards Greater Food Security

• Vancouver, BC
  Vancouver Food Policy Council
  Vancouver Food Charter

• British Columbia Public Health Alliance on Food Security
  Community Food Action Initiative

• Drake University Agricultural Law Center
  State and Local Food Policy Councils Initiative
  

• Community Food Security Coalition
  North American Food Policy Council Program

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