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Cultivating Community Gardens: The Role of Local Government in Creating Healthy, Livable Neighborhoods
2008This briefing paper offers case studies, best management practices, resources, and tools for policymakers to reduce barriers to and facilitate the creation of community garden programs. -
Urban Agriculture in the United States: Baseline Findings of a Nationwide Survey
November 2016by: Andy Pressman, Lydia Oberholtzer, Carolyn DimitriThis briefing paper explores the potential of urban agriculture to support local food systems. -
Farmland Access in Urban Settings
2018by: Johanna Rosen, Kathryn Ruhf, Bob WagnerThis briefing paper addresses land access and tenure challenges for urban farming. -
Community Food Production: The Role of Local Governments in Increasing Community Food Production for Local Markets
Growing Food Connections Planning & Policy Briefs, August 2017by: Ann Dillemuth, AICPThis briefing paper, written by APA as part of the Growing Food Connections partnership, explores several strategies local governments can implement to increase the production of food for local markets, ensure that regulatory and economic climates promote more "farm-friendly" environments, and grow the next generation of farmers. -
Flint Urban Agriculture Legal Framework: Background Report
2009by: ENP & AssociatesThis report audited the zoning ordinance of Flint, Michigan, and identified challenges to urban agriculture posed by existing regulations or the lack of these regulations. -
Growing Food Where it is Needed
CSF White Paper No. 2, August 2010by: Elizabeth RadicanThis briefing paper discusses local governments' roles in supporting urban agriculture projects and policies as strategies to address food deserts, community food security, and greening initiatives. -
Urban Agriculture Impacts: Social, Health, and Economic: An Annotated Bibliography
November 2013by: Sheila GoldenThis briefing paper lists articles that discuss economic, social, and health impacts of urban agriculture, with a focus on forms of urban agriculture that go beyond home consumption or education.
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