[BCFSN] Article Series: Exploring Stories of Local Government Food Systems Planning and Policy Innovation

[Kimberley Hodgson]

Growing Food Connections <http://growingfoodconnections.org/> is excited to
announce *Exploring Stories of Innovation*, a series of short articles that
explore how local governments from across the United States are
strengthening their community’s food system through planning and policy.

Beginning in 2012, Growing Food Connections (GFC) conducted a national scan
and identified 299 local governments across the United States that are
developing and implementing a range of innovative plans, public programs,
regulations, laws, financial investments and other policies to strengthen
the food system. GFC conducted exploratory telephone interviews with 20 of
these local governments. This series will highlight some of the unique
planning and policy strategies used by these urban and rural local
governments to enhance community food security while ensuring sustainable
and economically viable agriculture and food production. The first four
articles in the series feature Seattle, WA; Baltimore, MD; Cabarrus County,
NC; and Lancaster County, PA.


*For more information and to download these free articles, visit
http://growingfoodconnections.org/research/communities-of-innovation/
<http://growingfoodconnections.org/research/communities-of-innovation/>.*
*Growing Food Connections is made possible with a grant from the USDA /NIFA
AFRI Food Systems Program NIFA Award #2012-68004-19894. Partners include
American Farmland Trust, American Planning Association, Cultivating Healthy
Places, Ohio State University, and University at Buffalo.*

*Kimberley Hodgson, MURP, MS, AICP, RD*
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Founder / Principal, Cultivating Healthy Places
w. cultivatinghealthyplaces.com
e. kim at chplaces.com
t. @planning4health
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