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[Seth Friedman]

We may also be inspired this news from Sacramento (via the NYC Center for
Active Design):
http://centerforactivedesign.org/sacramentourbanag

INNOVATIVE POLICY EMPOWERS CITIZENS TO IMPROVE HEALTH

Earlier this year, the Sacramento City Council passed two urban farm
ordinances that allow city residents to grow and sell food directly from
their properties, and receive tax incentives for doing so—a decision that
set a momentous precedent for legitimizing and encouraging urban
agriculture as a land use in cities. While this policy change is largely a
local version of California’s 2014 Urban Agriculture Incentive Zones Act
(AB551), it was also driven by Sacramento’s pressing need to reduce urban
blight and improve access to healthy food for those lacking. These
ordinances reveal a growing understanding of the capacity for urban
agriculture to mitigate health issues and engender wider community
development in our neighborhoods.
-- 
*Karen Rideout*
604-306-3571 (mobile)
klrideout at gmail.com
___________
*And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet *
*and the winds long to play with your hair*
-- Kahlil Gibran

Please excuse typos or strange words as I get used to using voice dictation
:)

On 20 October 2015 at 09:34, 'Barbara Seed' via cafs <cafs at ryerson.ca>
wrote:

> Dear All
>
> Some of you may have seen information on this Urban Food Policy pact that
> both Toronto and Vancouver have signed onto. Apologies for cross-posting.
> This could be a good tool to support our food work.
> *The Mayors’ commitment in making urban food systems fair and sustainable
> includes: “develop sustainable dietary guidelines”, “encourage and support
> social and solidarity economy activities”, “help provide services to food
> producers in and around cities”, “support short food chains” and “raise
> awareness of food loss and waste”.*
>
> Best regards,
>
> Barbara Seed, PhD, MPH, RD
> B. Seed Consulting: Nutrition and Food Policy, Research and Education
> White Rock, BC
> 778-952-6509
>
>
> On Sunday, October 18, 2015 12:30 PM, "Lang, Timothy" <T.lang at city.ac.uk>
> wrote:
>
>
> Dear All,
>
> If you are interested in the movement of Cities developing their own food
> policies, take a look at the new Urban Food Policy Pact signed by 100
> cities from around the world in Milan on October 15 and presented to the UN
> on October 16, World Food Day at Expo in Milan. (I was there; it was very
> moving, actually!)
>
> You can read the Pact itself (all 6 pages) with the commitments the Mayors
> have made, and the list of 100 Cities from every continent here:
> http://www.foodpolicymilano.org/en/the-milan-food-policy-pact-is-ready/
>
> Bw
>
> T
>
> Tim Lang, PhD, FFPH
> Professor of Food Policy, Centre for Food Policy, Dept Sociology, School
> of Arts & Social Sciences, City University London, Northampton Square,
> London EC1V 0HB, UK
> tel: +44-20-7040-8798 / email: t.lang at city.ac.uk /
> MSc Food Policy: http://www.city.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/food-policy
> Recent books:
> ·        Lang & Heasman (2015) *Food Wars*, Routledge:
> https://www.routledge.com/products/9781138802629?utm_source=routledge.com&utm_medium=cms&utm_campaign=SBU3_mbs_1tx_8cm_9env_cmg15_x_X
> ·        Gabriel & Lang (2015) *The Unmanageable Consumer*, Sage:
> https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/the-unmanageable-consumer/book243511
> ·        Rayner & Lang (2012) *Ecological Public Health*, Routledge:
> http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781844078325/
> ·        Lang, Barling & Caraher (2009) *Food Policy*, Oxford University
> Press: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780198567882.do
>
>
>
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