| Models and Resources American Planning Association http://www.planning.org/ The American Planning Association brings together thousands of people — practicing planners, citizens, elected officials — committed to making great communities happen. National Association of Counties www.naco.org NACo maintains a comprehensive database of information on counties, including a listing of county officials, and links to Capitolimpact.com, which provides nationwide county statistics such as economic and demographic data. In addition, NACo offers a database of county policies, code, ordinances and model programs that can be used as examples for other counties. Drake University Law Center http://www.law.drake.edu/centers/agLaw/ Founded in 1983, the Center is internationally recognized for providing opportunities to study how the legal system shapes our food system and influences the ability of the agricultural sector to produce, market and utilize agricultural products. Snohomish County Washington: http://www1.co.snohomish.wa.us/County_Services/Focus_on_Farming/agsustainability.htm A Community Vision for Sustainable Agriculture in Snohomish County Dane County Wisconsin: www.countyofdane.com/foodcouncil DCFC is a dynamic citizen committee of the Dane county board that explores issues and develops recommendations to create an economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable local food system for the Dane county region. The council has recently been highlighted by the National Association of Counties as a model for other county governments. Iowa Food Policy http://www.food-matters.org/index.htm Food Matters in Sonoma County was established to support and educate our community and to address issues that affect us on a daily basis. We hope that the information you discover from our website will be an inspiration to you to seek more knowledge, to get involved and to recognize that Food Does Matter! Lane County Food Policy Council http://www.fpclanecounty.org/ A Food Policy Council is a joint citizen and government advisory body that reviews and recommends policies to strengthen the local food economy and improve access to healthy and nutritious food. City of Vancouver http://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/socialplanning/initiatives/foodpolicy/ This page contains an overview of the many projects and activities in which the Food Policy team and Vancouver Food Policy Council are engaged. Cornell University http://ciifad.cornell.edu/ Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture, and Development (CIIFAD), with partners in Africa, Asia and Latin America, initiates and supports innovative programs that contribute to improved prospects for global food security, sustainable rural development and environmental conservation around the world. Erin Meier, Director of U of MN SE ERC: Resource List American Planning Association. (2005). Food Systems Planning White Paper. http://myapa.planning.org/divisions/pdf/foodwhitepaper.pdf American Planning Association. (2007). Policy Guide on Community and Regional Food Planning. http://myapa.planning.org/policyguides/food.htm Kloppenburg, J. Jr., Hendrickson, J., & Stevenson, G. W. (1996). Coming in to the Foodshed. Agriculture and Human Values, 13:30 (Summer). 33-42. http://www.springerlink.com/content/u1pn44q884603t70/ Why Local Linkages Matter: Fundings from the Local Food Economy Study http: //sustainableseattle.org/Programs/LFE%20Files/LFE%20REPORT%20FINAL.pdf Sustainable Communities: Building Local Foodshed Capacity in Frontenac and Lennox- Addington Counties through improved Farm to Fork Links http://www.frontenaccfdc. com/downloads/Sustainablecommunities.pdf Food in the Public Interest: How New York City's Food Policy Holds the Key to Hunger, Health, Jobs and the Environment http://www.mbpo.org/uploads/FoodInThePublicInterest.pdf San Francisco Foodshed Report http://www.farmland.org/programs/states/ca/Feature% 20Stories/San-Francisco-Foodshed-Report.asp Local Foods: Estimating Capacity http://www.joe.org/joe/2008october/a7p.shtml Mapping Potential Foodsheds in New York State: A spatial model for evaluating the capacity to localize food production http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract; jsessionid=6D1CB17207E48CF062DAFF48B946127E.tomcat1? fromPage=online&aid=4290528 The Food System: A stranger to the planning field; CityFarmer http://www.cityfarmer.org/foodplan. html Community Food Systems Bibliography, 2000, http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/CDPP/cfsbib. htm#Applied%20Research |
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Red Wing Region Local Foods Council
