Food Policy links & resources on the internet
Food Policy links & resources on the internet (ST Food working group, November 2012)
National Websites:
http://www.foodsecurity.org/FPC/council.html * (List of Food Policy Councils in North America)
http://www.foodfirst.org/sites/www.foodfirst.org/files/pdf/PB_19_Cutting_Through_the_Red_Tape.pdf (Food First/Institute for Food and Development policy brief)
http://www.socialenterprise.net/assets/files/REDI_Summary_May_2011.pdf (4 food initiatives case studies)
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Austin, TX: http://www.farmlandinfo.org/index.cfm?function=article_view&articleID=38548/Austin,_TX_Sustainable_Food_Policy_Board.doc (Ordinance creating the Sustainable Food Policy Board)
Baltimore, MD: http://baltimorecity.gov/Government/AgenciesDepartments/Planning/BaltimoreFoodPolicyInitiative.aspx (Food policy website) http://cleanergreenerbaltimore.org/uploads/files/Baltimore City Food Policy Task Force Report.pdf (FP report)
Delaware Valley/Philadelphia, PA: http://www.farmlandinfo.org/documents/38512/Food_System_Planning_4.2010.pdf (Food system planning tool)
Eugene, OR: http://www.eugene-or.gov/DocumentCenter/Home/View/1087 (Food security plan)
Los Angeles: http://goodfoodla.org/good_food_for_all_agenda.php (LA food policy council website)
New Mexico: http://www.dreamingnewmexico.org/food (Comprehensive food system research website.)
Northern New Mexico: http://www.socialenterprise.net/assets/files/REDI_Summary_May_2011.pdf. (Excellent report created by student interns.)
Portland, OR: http://www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/article/416389 (Food policy study)
http://web.multco.us/sustainability/portland-multnomah-food-policy-council (Food policy council website)
http://www.portlandonline.com/auditor/index.cfm?a=8728&c=27429 (A resolution creating the council)
Salt Lake City, NV: http://www.slcclassic.com/slcgreen/food/ (Food policy website)
San Diego: http://aginnovations.org/alliances/sandiego/ (Food system alliance website)
San Francisco: http://www.sfgov3.org/index.aspx?page=754 (SF food policy website)
http://sfenvironment.org/sites/default/files/editor-uploads/zero_waste/pdf/sfe_zw_mandatory_fact_sheet.pdf (SF recycling & composting ordinance); http://sfenvironment.org/zero-waste/recycling-and-composting (Food composting program)
Santa Fe, NM: http://www.santafecounty.org/userfiles/FoodPolicyResolution2008-26.pdf (The resolution creating the food council); http://www.santafefoodpolicy.org (Food policy council website)
Seattle, WA: http://www.seattle.gov/council/conlin/food_initiative/ (Food initiative website) http://clerk.seattle.gov/~archives/Resolutions/Resn_31019.pdf (Local Food Action Initiative Resolution)
http://www.seattle.gov/util/MyServices/FoodYard/index.htm (Food composting program; includes excellent video on how to handle food/yard waste for collection.)
Shelburne Falls, MA: http://issuu.com/conwaydesign/docs/foodsecurity (Food security plan)
