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Global Database For City and Regional Food Policies

The Global Database for City and Regional Food Policies is a resource for local and sub-national governments to learn about food system policies from around the globe. The searchable database provides copies of the legislation, plans, funding allocations, or other public actions authorized or implemented by cities, municipalities, regions, and sub-national governments.  To learn more about the database, visit the about us page.

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Agriculture/Food Strategy Municipal Action Plan 2017-2025, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food and organic waste management; food processing and manufacturing; food production; food retail; food wholesale and distribution

Policy Type: Plans

Level of Government: Municipality

City/Town/Village: Vitoria-Gasteiz

County/Province/District (Name of): Álava

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: Spain

Language: English

Population Range: 50,000 to 249,999

Year: 2017

Policy Keywords: buy local; composting; consumer education; education; environmental health; environmental protection; food sovereignty; land bank; organic farming; peri-urban agriculture; school meal program; sustainability; sustainable agriculture; waste management

Bradford District Food Strategy, Bradford, England, UK

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food and organic waste management; food processing and manufacturing; food production; food retail; food wholesale and distribution

Policy Type: Plans

Level of Government: City; Metropolitan Area

City/Town/Village: Bradford

County/Province/District (Name of): West Yorkshire

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: England

Language: English

Population Range: 250,000 to 999,999

Year: 2012

Policy Keywords: agriculture; buy local; community; community garden; communtiy food system; composting; education; environmental health; food access; food production; food strategy; food system approach; food waste education; grow local; health; public health; recycling; sustainability; waste management

Brighton and Hove Food Strategy Action Plan 2018-2023, Brighton and Hove, England, United Kingdom

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food and organic waste management; food processing and manufacturing; food production; food retail; food wholesale and distribution

Policy Type: Plans

Level of Government: Municipality

City/Town/Village: Brighton and Hove

County/Province/District (Name of): East Sussex

Sub-national State: South East Region

Country: England

Language: English

Population Range: 250,000 to 999,999

Year: 2018

Policy Keywords: buy local; development; education; food access; food action plan; food bank; food behavior; food policy; food poverty; food recovery; health policy; local food economy; nutrition; waste management

Cambridge Sustainable Food Action Plan 2017-2020, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food and organic waste management; food processing and manufacturing; food production; food retail; food wholesale and distribution

Policy Type: Plans

Level of Government: City; Town

City/Town/Village: Cambridge

County/Province/District (Name of): Cambridgeshire

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: England

Language: English

Population Range: 50,000 to 249,999

Year: 2017

Policy Keywords: CO2 reduction; community; consumer education; cooking classes; education; environmental protection; fair trade; food action plan; food waste education; locally owned businesses; natural environment; recycling; sugar smart; supply chain; sustainability; sustainable development; waste management

Cardinia Shire’s Livability Plan 2017-29, Cardinia, Australia

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food and organic waste management; food production; food retail; food wholesale and distribution

Policy Type: Plans

Level of Government: Municipality

City/Town/Village: Cardinia

County/Province/District (Name of): n/a

Sub-national State: Victoria

Country: Australia

Language: English

Population Range: 50,000 to 249,999

Year: 2017

Policy Keywords: buy local; consumer education; consumption; fast-foods; food access; food insecurity; food knowledge; food processing; food security; food takeaway; grown local; health; healthy food; nutrition; plan; public health; waste management

Central Vegetable Market, Hebron, Palestine

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food and organic waste management; food production; food retail; food wholesale and distribution

Policy Type: Physical or Capital Infrastructure

Level of Government: Municipality

City/Town/Village: Hebron

County/Province/District (Name of): n/a

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: Palestine

Language: English

Population Range: 50,000 to 249,999

Year: 2015

Policy Keywords: community food system; coordination; distribution; fertilizer; food hubs; food safety; food waste diversion; physical infrastructure; quality control; traceability; waste prevention

Christchurch City Council Food Resilience Policy, Christchurch, New Zealand

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food processing and manufacturing; food production; food retail; food wholesale and distribution

Policy Type: Non-Binding Policies

Level of Government: Municipality

City/Town/Village: Christchurch

County/Province/District (Name of): Canterbury

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: New Zealand

Language: English

Population Range: 250,000 to 999,999

Year: 2014

Policy Keywords: climate smart; community; consumption; education; food consumption; food preparation; food production; health; healthy food; local food; local food economy; resilience; urban agriculture

Christchurch City Council Healthy Food Action Plan, Christchurch, New Zealand

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food and organic waste management; food production; food retail; food wholesale and distribution

Policy Type: Plans

Level of Government: Municipality

City/Town/Village: Christchurch

County/Province/District (Name of): Canterbury

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: New Zealand

Language: English

Population Range: 250,000 to 999,999

Year: 2017

Policy Keywords: action plan; community kitchen; education; food access; food action plan; food cooperatives; food production; garden; health; healthy food; land access; local food; local food economy; school garden; schools; urban agriculture

City Agricultural Development Plan 2019-2022, Cayagan de Oro, Philippines

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food and organic waste management; food processing and manufacturing; food production; food retail; food wholesale and distribution

Policy Type: Plans

Level of Government: City

City/Town/Village: City of Cagayan de Oro

County/Province/District (Name of): n/a

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: Philippines

Language: English

Population Range: 250,000 to 999,999

Year: 2019

Policy Keywords: agriculture; economic development; employment; farm land protection; fisheries; food labeling; food production; land access; land use; local food economy; markets; organic farming; plan; transportation; urban agriculture; value-addition technologies

Clarendon Local Sustainable Development Plan, Clarendon Parish, Jamaica

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food and organic waste management; food processing and manufacturing; food production; food retail; food wholesale and distribution

Policy Type: Plans

Level of Government: Region

City/Town/Village: n/a

County/Province/District (Name of): Clarendon Parish

Sub-national State: Middlesex County

Country: Jamaica

Language: English

Population Range: 50,000 to 249,999

Year: 2016

Policy Keywords: agriculture; economic development; environmental protection; farmers markets; farmland preservation; fish; fisheries; food access; food production; health; home gardening; inter-governmental; land protection; land use; livestock; local food; water; water conservation

Creation of Municipal Land Bank, Rosario, Argentina

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food production

Policy Type: Legislation and Regulations

Level of Government: Metropolitan Area

City/Town/Village: Municipality of Rosario

County/Province/District (Name of): Santa Fe Province

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: Argentina

Language: Spanish

Population Range: 1 million - 4.99 million

Year: 1997

Policy Keywords: green spaces; land access; land bank; land use; low-income housing; ordinance; parks; public health; revitalization; urban development; vacant land

Diet for a Green Planet: Diet policy within pre-schools, schools, and elderly care, Södertälje, Sweden

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food and organic waste management; food processing and manufacturing; food production; food retail

Policy Type: Non-Binding Policies

Level of Government: Municipality

City/Town/Village: Södertälje

County/Province/District (Name of): Stockholm

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: Sweden

Language: English

Population Range: 50,000 to 249,999

Year: 2010

Policy Keywords: buy local; children; consumption; elderly; food nutritional programme for vulnerable groups; food policy; food processing; health; health equity; health policy; healthy food; hygiene; nutrition; nutritional meals; school meal program

Durban’s Resilience Strategy, Durban, South Africa

Food System Sector: food production

Policy Type: Plans

Level of Government: Municipality

City/Town/Village: Durban

County/Province/District (Name of): KwaZulu-Natal Province

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: South Africa

Language: English; IsiZulu

Population Range: 1 million - 4.99 million

Year: 2017

Policy Keywords: community; coordination; economic development; environmental health; environmental protection; food insecurity; health; innovation; land policy; land tenure; land use plan/planning; multi-level governance; plan; poverty reduction; resilience; sustainability; sustainable development; water; water access; working group

EcoBuy Vienna: Sustainable Procurement of Food and Meals by the City of Vienna (ÖkoKauf Wien: Nachhaltiger Einkauf von Lebensmitteln und Speisen durch die Stadt Wien in German)

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food and organic waste management; food processing and manufacturing; food production

Policy Type: Plans

Level of Government: City

City/Town/Village: Vienna

County/Province/District (Name of): n/a

Sub-national State: Vienna

Country: Austria

Language: English; German

Population Range: 1 million - 4.99 million

Year: 2016

Policy Keywords: agriculture; agroecology; animal welfare; buy local; climate change; food processing; green development/infrastructure; greenhouse gas emissions; grown local; nutrition; organic agriculture; sustainability; waste management

Edible Edinburgh: A Sustainable Food City Plan, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food and organic waste management; food processing and manufacturing; food production; food retail; food wholesale and distribution

Policy Type: Plans

Level of Government: Municipality

City/Town/Village: Edinburgh

County/Province/District (Name of): Lothian

Sub-national State: n/a

Country:

Language: English

Population Range: 250,000 to 999,999

Year: 2013

Policy Keywords: capacity building; co-operative capital programme; emergency food; environmental protection; food access; food procurement; food production; food skills; health; land use; local growers; metrics; participation; steering committee; steering group; sustainability; sustainable food

Food City: City of Melbourne Food Policy, Melbourne, Australia

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food and organic waste management; food production; food retail; food wholesale and distribution

Policy Type: Non-Binding Policies

Level of Government: Municipality

City/Town/Village: Melbourne

County/Province/District (Name of): n/a

Sub-national State: Victoria

Country: Australia

Language: English

Population Range: 1 million - 4.99 million

Year: 2012

Policy Keywords: buy local; food access; food policy; food security; health; healthy food; local food; local food economy; sustainability

Food Gardens Policy in Support of Poverty Alleviation and Reduction, Cape Town, South Africa

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food production

Policy Type: Legislation and Regulations

Level of Government: Metropolitan Area

City/Town/Village: Cape Town

County/Province/District (Name of): Western Cape

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: South Africa

Language: English

Population Range: 250,000 to 999,999

Year: 2013

Policy Keywords: back yard gardening; children; compost; food gardens; food infrastructure; food insecurity; food rights; food security; front yard gardening; garden infrastructure; grant; hunger reduction; intergovernmental collaboration; job creation; job opportunities; malnutrition; multi-level governance; nutritional meals; poverty; poverty reduction; start up support; subsistence farming; urban agriculture; very poor; volunteers; vulnerable groups; water rights

Food Power Action Plan, Sandwell, England, UK

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food retail

Policy Type: Plans

Level of Government: Metropolitan Area; Town

City/Town/Village: Sandwell

County/Province/District (Name of): West Midlands

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: England

Language: English

Population Range: 250,000 to 999,999

Year: 2019

Policy Keywords: community; community garden; consumer education; consumption; food access; food action plan; food assistance programs; health; healthy food; local food; nutritional meals; school meal program

Food: A Strategy for Islington, Islington, England, UK

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food and organic waste management; food processing and manufacturing; food production; food retail; food wholesale and distribution

Policy Type: Plans

Level of Government: Other

City/Town/Village: Islington

County/Province/District (Name of): n/a

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: England

Language: English

Population Range: 50,000 to 249,999

Year: 2009

Policy Keywords: animal health; community food system; community garden; community kitchen; composting; consumer education; environmental protection; fisheries; food access; food safety; food security; food strategy; healthy food; nutrition; poverty; school meal program; sustainability; waste management

Gent En Garde Food Policy, Ghent, Belgium

Food System Sector: food and organic waste management; food processing and manufacturing; food production; food retail; food wholesale and distribution

Policy Type: Plans

Level of Government: City

City/Town/Village: Ghent

County/Province/District (Name of): n/a

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: Belgium

Language: Dutch; English

Population Range: 50,000 to 249,999

Year: 2016

Policy Keywords: agribusiness; agriculture; buy local; citizen participation; commercial agriculture; community; community food system; community supported agriculture; compost; consumer education; consumption; distribution; employment; environmental protection; equitable; farmers markets; food access; food behavior; food gardens; food policy council; food processing; food production; food recovery; grown local; healthy good; information; innovation; job creation; local food; local food economy; municipal urban agriculture; organic agriculture; organic waste collection systems; regional food hub; short food chain; social inclusion; social integration; social networks; sustainability; sustainable agriculture; waste prevention; waste recycling

Good Food Strategy: Toward a Sustainable Food System in the Brussels-Capital Region, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food and organic waste management; food processing and manufacturing; food production; food retail; food wholesale and distribution

Policy Type: Plans

Level of Government: Region

City/Town/Village: n/a

County/Province/District (Name of): n/a

Sub-national State: Brussels-Capital region

Country: Belgium

Language: English

Population Range: 1 million - 4.99 million

Year: 2015

Policy Keywords: agroecology; buy local; city region food systems; consumer education; economic development; food access; food production; food security; food strategy; food system approach; food waste education; grown local; plan; school garden; sustainability

Growing Communities: A Citywide Strategy for Belfast 2012-2022, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food and organic waste management; food processing and manufacturing; food production; food retail; food wholesale and distribution

Policy Type: Non-Binding Policies

Level of Government: Municipality

City/Town/Village: Belfast

County/Province/District (Name of): County Anterim and County Down

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: Northern Ireland

Language: English

Population Range: 250,000 to 999,999

Year: 2012

Policy Keywords: backyard gardening; community; community garden; environmental protection; food production; food strategy; garden; health; home gardening; land use; noncommercial urban agriculture; school garden; sustainability; urban agriculture

Growing Manchester, Manchester, England, UK

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food production; food retail

Policy Type: Plans

Level of Government: City; Municipality

City/Town/Village: Manchester

County/Province/District (Name of): n/a

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: England

Language: English

Population Range: 250,000 to 999,999

Year: 2010

Policy Keywords: agriculture; buy local; climate change; community; community food system; community garden; environmental health; food production; garden; grown local; health; local food; sustainability; sustainable agriculture; urban agriculture

Land Use Ordinance, Camilo Aldao, Argentina

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food production

Policy Type: Legislation and Regulations

Level of Government: Municipality

City/Town/Village: Municipality of Camilo Aldao

County/Province/District (Name of): Córdoba Province

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: Argentina

Language: Spanish

Population Range: Less than 5,000

Year: 1996

Policy Keywords: animal nuisance; community garden; decree; environmental health; grazing; land use; livestock; ordinance; public health; taking; vacant lots

Law 5.265 Creating the Urban Agriculture Program of the Municipality of Governador Valadares, Governador Valadares, Brazil

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food processing and manufacturing; food production; food retail; food wholesale and distribution

Policy Type: Legislation and Regulations

Level of Government: Municipality

City/Town/Village: Municipality of Governador Valadares

County/Province/District (Name of): n/a

Sub-national State: State of Minas Gerais

Country: Brazil

Language: English; Portuguese

Population Range: 250,000 to 999,999

Year: 2003

Policy Keywords: agribusiness; agro-eco-tourism; agro-ecology; farmer cooperative; fiscal incentive; food access; food donation; food production; incentives; noncommercial urban agriculture; private land; property tax; property tax reduction; social development; social inclusion; temporary land use agreement; urban agriculture; vacant land

Lewisham Food Strategy, Lewisham, England, UK

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food and organic waste management; food production; food retail

Policy Type: Plans

Level of Government: City; Other

City/Town/Village: Lewisham

County/Province/District (Name of): n/a

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: England

Language: English

Population Range: 250,000 to 999,999

Year: 2006

Policy Keywords: children; composting; consumption; education; food access; food safety; food strategy; food waste education; health; healthy food; hygiene; malnutrition; nutrition; nutrition education in schools; schools; strategy; sustainability; waste management

London Food Strategy, London, England, United Kingdom

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food and organic waste management; food processing and manufacturing; food production; food retail; food wholesale and distribution

Policy Type: Plans

Level of Government: City

City/Town/Village: London

County/Province/District (Name of): n/a

Sub-national State: London

Country: England

Language: English

Population Range: 5 million - 19.9 million

Year: 2018

Policy Keywords: child obesity; children; community gardens; distribution; food access; food behavior; food infrastructure; food insecurity; food procurement; food security; food strategy; health; health equity; health inequalities; healthy food; local food; local food economy; locally owned businesses; obesity; peri-urban; poverty; urban agriculture

Luton Food Plan 2018-2022, Luton, England, United Kingdom

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food and organic waste management; food processing and manufacturing; food production; food retail; food wholesale and distribution

Policy Type: Plans

Level of Government: Town

City/Town/Village: Luton

County/Province/District (Name of): Bedfordshire

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: England

Language: English

Population Range: 50,000 to 249,999

Year: 2018

Policy Keywords: breastfeeding welcome scheme; consumer education; consumption; edible green infrastructure; fair trade; fast-foods; food access; food action plan; food bank; food hubs; food procurement; food production; food security; garden; grown local; health; healthy food; nutrition; plan

Middlesbrough Food Action Plan 2020-22, Middlesbrough, England, UK

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food and organic waste management; food production; food retail; food wholesale and distribution

Policy Type: Plans

Level of Government: Municipality; Town

City/Town/Village: Middlesbrough

County/Province/District (Name of): North Yorkshire

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: England

Language: English

Population Range: 50,000 to 249,999

Year: 2020

Policy Keywords: buy local; charter; community food system; composting; environmental protection; food access; food action plan; food charter; food production; food security; food system approach; food waste education; grown local; healthy food; local food; local production; recycling; sustainability; sustainable agriculture; waste management

Municipal Community Garden Program, Rosario, Argentina

Food System Sector: food production

Policy Type: Legislation and Regulations

Level of Government: Municipality

City/Town/Village: Municipality of Rosario

County/Province/District (Name of): Santa Fe Province

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: Argentina

Language: English

Population Range: 1 million - 4.99 million

Year: 2002

Policy Keywords: community gardens; food donation; land use; physical infrastructure; private-public partnership; property tax; property tax waiver; start up support; supervision; technical assistance; temporary land use agreement; university partnerships; urban development; vulnerable groups; water access; zoning codes

Municipal Organic Agriculture Development Program, Rosario, Argentina

Food System Sector: food processing and manufacturing; food production

Policy Type: Legislation and Regulations

Level of Government: Municipality

City/Town/Village: Municipality of Rosario

County/Province/District (Name of): Santa Fe Province

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: Argentina

Language: Spanish

Population Range: 1 million - 4.99 million

Year: 2002

Policy Keywords: cooperative; export; fiscal incentive; food gardens; foreign markets; income generation; local processing; local production; marketing; microenterprise; ordinance; organic agriculture; organic certification; private land; private-public partnership; property tax waiver; small to medium enterprise (SME); start up support; technical assistance; unemployment; urban agriculture

Nairobi City County Urban Agriculture Promotion and Regulation Bill, Nairobi, Kenya

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food and organic waste management; food processing and manufacturing; food production; food retail; food wholesale and distribution

Policy Type: Legislation and Regulations

Level of Government: City

City/Town/Village: Nairobi

County/Province/District (Name of): Nairobi County

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: Kenya

Language: English

Population Range: 1 million - 4.99 million

Year: 2014

Policy Keywords: advisory board; bill; commercial urban agriculture; fisheries; food production; horticulture; urban agriculture; vacant land

Nakuru County First County Integrated Development Plan (2013-2017), Nakuru County, Kenya

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food processing and manufacturing; food production; food retail; food wholesale and distribution

Policy Type: Plans

Level of Government: County

City/Town/Village: n/a

County/Province/District (Name of): 11 sub-counties

Sub-national State: Nakuru County

Country: Kenya

Language: English

Population Range: 1 million - 4.99 million

Year: 2013

Policy Keywords: agriculture; animal health; animal husbandry; disease management; economic development; fish; fisheries; food loss; plan; rural agriculture; sustainability; value chain collaboration; water

Newcastle Good Food Plan 2018, Newcastle, England, United Kingdom

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food and organic waste management; food processing and manufacturing; food production; food retail; food wholesale and distribution

Policy Type: Plans

Level of Government: City

City/Town/Village: Newcastle

County/Province/District (Name of): n/a

Sub-national State: Tyne and Wear

Country: England

Language: English

Population Range: 250,000 to 999,999

Year: 2018

Policy Keywords: citizen participation; climate change; economic development; food access; food culture; food procurement; food system; food waste diversion; health; local food; local food economy; obesity; sustainability; sustainability development

Program for Garden Parks, Rosario, Argentina

Food System Sector: food production

Policy Type: Legislation and Regulations

Level of Government: Municipality

City/Town/Village: Municipality of Rosario

County/Province/District (Name of): Santa Fe Province

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: Argentina

Language: Spanish

Population Range: 1 million - 4.99 million

Year: 2004

Policy Keywords: gardens; green space; inclusive governance; parks; public services; public space; urban agriculture; urban development; vacant lots

Program for the Promotion of Social Productivity Enterprises, Rosario, Argentina

Food System Sector: food processing and manufacturing; food production; food retail; food wholesale and distribution

Policy Type: Legislation and Regulations

Level of Government: Municipality

City/Town/Village: Municipality of Rosario

County/Province/District (Name of): Santa Fe Province

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: Argentina

Language: Spanish

Population Range: 1 million - 4.99 million

Year: 2002

Policy Keywords: commercial development; markets; microenterprise; physical infrastructure; urban agriculture

Proposals for the use of progressive and regressive taxing policies to encourage the productive use of private spaces, Governador Valadares, Brazil

Food System Sector: food production

Policy Type: Legislation and Regulations

Level of Government: Municipality

City/Town/Village: Municipality of Governador Valadares

County/Province/District (Name of): n/a

Sub-national State: State of Minas Gerais

Country: Brazil

Language: English; Portuguese

Population Range: 250,000 to 999,999

Year: 2004

Policy Keywords: fiscal incentive; food donation; food production; incentives; noncommercial urban agriculture; private land; property tax; property tax reduction; temporary land use agreement; urban agriculture; vacant land

Regional Development Programme of the Ljubljana Urban Region 2014-2020

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food production

Policy Type: Plans

Level of Government: City; Municipality

City/Town/Village: n/a

County/Province/District (Name of): Ljubljana urban region (Osrednjeslovenska statistical region)

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: Slovenia

Language: English; Slovenian

Population Range: 250,000 to 999,999

Year: 2014

Policy Keywords: agriculture; conservation; consumption; economic development; education; energy saving; farmland preservation; food access; food production; information sharing; land use; natural environment; organic agriculture; sustainability; sustainable agriculture; sustainable development; tourism; urban agriculture

Resilient Greater Christchurch Plan, Christchurch, New Zealand

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food processing and manufacturing; food production; food retail; food wholesale and distribution

Policy Type: Non-Binding Policies

Level of Government: Municipality

City/Town/Village: Christchurch

County/Province/District (Name of): Canterbury

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: New Zealand

Language: English; Maori

Population Range: 250,000 to 999,999

Year: 2016

Policy Keywords: community; community garden; economic development; environment; food processing; food resilience; food supply chain; food system; health; local food; local government; resilience; sustainable; urban

Stimulating Urban Agriculture in and Around Rotterdam, City of Rotterdam, Netherlands

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food processing and manufacturing; food production; food retail; food wholesale and distribution

Policy Type: Non-Binding Policies

Level of Government: City

City/Town/Village: City of Rotterdam

County/Province/District (Name of): South Holland

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: Netherlands

Language: Dutch; English

Population Range: 250,000 to 999,999

Year: 2012

Policy Keywords: CO2 reduction; food miles; food processing; food procurement; food production; food system; green city; green space; grown local; health; healthy food; knowledge sharing; land access; local food; local food economy; local processing; marketing; markets; municipal urban agriculture; noncommerical urban agriculture; nutrition; nutrition education in schools; pollution; schools; soil; transportation; urban agriculture; urban farmer

Sustainable Food Plan, Paris, France

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food and organic waste management; food processing and manufacturing; food production; food retail; food wholesale and distribution

Policy Type: Plans

Level of Government: City

City/Town/Village: Paris

County/Province/District (Name of): n/a

Sub-national State: Île-de-France

Country: France

Language: English

Population Range: 1 million - 4.99 million

Year: 2015

Policy Keywords: buy local; eduction; environmental protection; food labelling; food waste education; local food; organic farming; plan; school meal program; supply chain; sustainability; training

The A2U Food Project, Heraklion, Greece

Food System Sector: food and organic waste management

Policy Type: Plans

Level of Government: Municipality

City/Town/Village: Heraklion

County/Province/District (Name of): n/a

Sub-national State: Crete

Country: Greece

Language: English

Population Range: 50,000 to 249,999

Year: 2018

Policy Keywords: compost; composting; composting facilities; food waste apps; food waste diversion; food waste education; funding; grant; recycling; restaurants; university partnerships; waste management; waste prevention; waste recycling

The Bristol Good Food Plan, Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food and organic waste management; food processing and manufacturing; food production; food retail; food wholesale and distribution

Policy Type: Plans

Level of Government: Municipality

City/Town/Village: Bristol

County/Province/District (Name of): n/a

Sub-national State: South West

Country: England

Language: English

Population Range: 250,000 to 999,999

Year: 2013

Policy Keywords: agriculture; buy local; community; consumer supported agriculture (CSA); control supermarket expansion; distribution; food cooperatives; food culture; food processing; food recovery; food shops; food system; healthy schools; land protection; local food; plan; regional staples; urban agriculture

The Kampala City Fish Ordinance, Kampala, Uganda

Food System Sector: food processing and manufacturing; food production; food wholesale and distribution

Policy Type: Legislation and Regulations

Level of Government: City

City/Town/Village: Kampala

County/Province/District (Name of): n/a

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: Uganda

Language: English

Population Range: 1 million - 4.99 million

Year: 2005

Policy Keywords: aquaculture; artisanal; fish; fisheries; licenses; perishable food; permits; sanitation; seafood

The Kampala City Livestock and Companion Animal Ordinance, Kampala, Uganda

Food System Sector: food and organic waste management; food production

Policy Type: Legislation and Regulations

Level of Government: City

City/Town/Village: Kampala

County/Province/District (Name of): n/a

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: Uganda

Language: English

Population Range: 1 million - 4.99 million

Year: 2005

Policy Keywords: animal waste; grazing; licenses; livestock; manure; nuisance; permits; sanitation; waste management

The Kampala City Meat Ordinance, Kampala, Uganda

Food System Sector: food processing and manufacturing; food production

Policy Type: Legislation and Regulations

Level of Government: City

City/Town/Village: Kampala

County/Province/District (Name of): n/a

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: Uganda

Language: English

Population Range: 1 million - 4.99 million

Year: 2005

Policy Keywords: animal health; animal waste; butchers; cross contamination; licenses; marketing; meat; perishable food; permits; sanitation; slaughterhouse

The Kampala City Milk Ordinance, Kampala, Uganda

Food System Sector: food processing and manufacturing; food production

Policy Type: Legislation and Regulations

Level of Government: City

City/Town/Village: Kampala

County/Province/District (Name of): n/a

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: Uganda

Language: English

Population Range: 1 million - 4.99 million

Year: 2005

Policy Keywords: cows; dairy production; dairy products; disease management; food security; licenses; nutrition; perishable food; permits; public health; sanitation

The Kampala City Urban Agriculture Ordinance, Kampala, Uganda

Food System Sector: food production

Policy Type: Legislation and Regulations

Level of Government: City

City/Town/Village: Kampala

County/Province/District (Name of): n/a

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: Uganda

Language: English

Population Range: 1 million - 4.99 million

Year: 2005

Policy Keywords: backyard gardening; beverages; commercial agriculture; environmental health; food processing; food production; licenses; permits; pesticides; pollution; regulation; urban agriculture

The Town and Country Planning (Clarendon Parish) Provisional Development Order 2017, Clarendon Parish, Jamaica

Food System Sector: food production; food wholesale and distribution

Policy Type: Plans

Level of Government: Region

City/Town/Village: n/a

County/Province/District (Name of): Clarendon Parish

Sub-national State: Middlesex County

Country: Jamaica

Language: English

Population Range: 50,000 to 249,999

Year: 2017

Policy Keywords: accessory use; climate change; economic development; land access; land use; land use plan/planning; zoning

Towards A Fairer Aberdeen That Prospers for All 2017-20, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food production

Policy Type: Non-Binding Policies

Level of Government: Municipality

City/Town/Village: Aberdeen

County/Province/District (Name of): Grampian

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: Scotland

Language: English

Population Range: 50,000 to 249,999

Year: 2017

Policy Keywords: civil services; debt; debt policy; emergency food; food access; food affordability; food bank; food insecurity; food poverty; partnership; right to food

Urban Agriculture By-laws, 2008, City of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food processing and manufacturing; food production; food retail

Policy Type: Legislation and Regulations

Level of Government: Municipality

City/Town/Village: City of Bulawayo

County/Province/District (Name of): Bulawayo Province

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: Zimbabwe

Language: English

Population Range: 250,000 to 999,999

Year: 2008

Policy Keywords: commercial urban agriculture; companion animal/pets; cultivation practices; environmental protection; fertilizer; food production; incentives; livestock; livestock keeping; non-commercial urban agriculture; tax waiver; urban agriculture; urban farmer; water access

Urban Agriculture Framework Ordinance, Lima, Peru

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food production

Policy Type: Legislation and Regulations

Level of Government: Metropolitan Area

City/Town/Village: Lima

County/Province/District (Name of): Lima

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: Peru

Language: Spanish

Population Range: 5 million - 19.9 million

Year: 2012

Policy Keywords: adaptive reuse; community garden; economic development; environmental protection; food security; green spaces; health equity; intergovernmental collaboration; markets; microenterprise; nutrition; periurban agriculture; poverty; small to medium enterprise (SME); sustainable development; technical assistance; urban agriculture; vacant lot; vulnerable groups

Urban Agriculture Law, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food production

Policy Type: Legislation and Regulations

Level of Government: State (Sub-National)

City/Town/Village: n/a

County/Province/District (Name of): n/a

Sub-national State: Minas Gerais

Country: Brazil

Language: Portuguese

Population Range: 5 million - 19.9 million

Year: 2006

Policy Keywords: aquaculture; credit access; education; employment; environmental protection; farmer cooperative; farmers markets; food access; food security; hygiene; income generation; locally owned businesses; malnutrition; markets; nutrition; private-public partnership; public health; research; social inclusion; technical assistance; transfer of development rights; urban agriculture; vacant spaces; vulnerable groups; waste management

Urban Agriculture Policy 2007, City of Cape Town, South Africa

Food System Sector: food production

Policy Type: Non-Binding Policies

Level of Government: City

City/Town/Village: City of Cape Town

County/Province/District (Name of): Western Cape Province

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: South Africa

Language: English

Population Range: 250,000 to 999,999

Year: 2007

Policy Keywords: commercial urban agriculture; commonage land; community garden; economic development; finance; food gardens; food production; global south; grown local; home gardening; household food security; job creation; knowledge exchange; land access; land inventory; land redistribution; livestock keeping; local food; local production; noncommercial urban agriculture; public lands; training; urban agricluture; urban farmer; very poor; water; water access

Urban Agriculture Policy, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food production

Policy Type: Legislation and Regulations

Level of Government: Metropolitan Area

City/Town/Village: Bulawayo

County/Province/District (Name of): Bulawayo Province

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: Zimbabwe

Language: English

Population Range: 250,000 to 999,999

Year: 2008

Policy Keywords: capacity building; economic development; environment; finance; food security; gender inclusion; health; land access; land tenure; livestock; municipal urban agriculture; private-public partnership; social inclusion; stakeholders; steering committee; urban agriculture; vacant land; wastewater; water access

Urban Agriculture Policy, Ndola, Zambia

Food System Sector: food and organic waste management; food processing and manufacturing; food production; food retail; food wholesale and distribution

Policy Type: Non-Binding Policies

Level of Government: Municipality

City/Town/Village: Ndola

County/Province/District (Name of): Copperbelt

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: Zambia

Language: English

Population Range: 250,000 to 999,999

Year: 2010

Policy Keywords: HIV/AIDS; agriculture; backyard garden; capacity building; farmer groups; food security; gender inclusion; land access; livestock keeping; marketing; peri-urban agriculture; poverty reduction; stakeholder; sustainable agriculture; sustainable development; urban agriculture; vaccination; water access

Urban Agriculture Promotion and Regulation Act 2015, Nairobi, Kenya

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food and organic waste management; food production; food wholesale and distribution

Policy Type: Legislation and Regulations

Level of Government: City; County

City/Town/Village: Nairobi City

County/Province/District (Name of): Nairobi County

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: Kenya

Language: English

Population Range: 1 million - 4.99 million

Year: 2015

Policy Keywords: animal welfare; capacity building; commercial agriculture; compost; data collection; employment; environmental protection; evaluation; fertilizer; fish; fishing activities; food safety; food security; funding; income generation; inspection; land access; land use; livestock; manure; marketing; markets; pest management; pesticides; procedures; public health; risk management; strategic plan; subsistence farming; supply chain; technical assistance services; urban agriculture; vacant land; waste management; zoning

東京都食育推進計画 (Japanese), (Tokyo Dietary Education Promotion Plan), Tokyo, Japan

Food System Sector: food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food retail

Policy Type: Plans

Level of Government: Metropolitan Area

City/Town/Village: Tokyo

County/Province/District (Name of): Kanto Region

Sub-national State: n/a

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Population Range: 20 million and larger

Year: 2016

Policy Keywords: education; food behavior; healthy food; information sharing; local food

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