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An Introduction to Land Use Planning for Food System Activists
This article connects the dots between land use planning and healthier communities, and is geared toward food system activists.
Certified Farmers’ Markets and Farm Stands
A Closer Look at California State Law
California certified farmers’ markets and farm stands can help bring fresh fruits and vegetables directly to the communities that need them most. It can be difficult—if not impossible—to find fresh, affordable healthy food in many urban and rural low-income communities. One way to make fresh produce more accessible is to encourage alternative retail outlets, such as farmers’ markets, farm stands, and community supported agriculture (CSA) programs, where farmers can sell their produce directly to consumers.
Changes in the WIC Food Packages: A Toolkit for Partnering with Neighborhood Stores
The selection of foods available through the WIC program recently changed for the first time in 35 years – a change that holds potential to transform the retail food landscape in low-income communities, where liquor stores often proliferate and grocery stores are few.
Complete Streets Talking Points
This factsheet provides talking points and information to use when advocating for healthier street design (also available in Spanish).
Create and Implement Healthy General Plans
How can public health advocates and city planners work together to create healthy, sustainable communities? This toolkit provides a progression of steps focused on the general plan, the key land use policy document for California cities and counties.
Creating a Permit Program for Produce Cart Vendors
Eating more fresh fruits and vegetables can help kids and families maintain healthy weight and prevent many chronic diseases. Unfortunately, too many Americans—especially people of color, rural, and lower-income populations—live in “food deserts” that lack full-service supermarkets and grocery stores. In these food deserts, where only candy, chips, soda, and other junk foods are readily available, fresh “produce cart vendors” (like a produce stand on wheels!) can make a world of difference.
Economic Development and Redevelopment: A Toolkit on Land Use and Health
Economic Development and Redevelopment: A Toolkit on Land Use and Health, is a toolkit designed for nutrition and other public health advocates who need additional resources, beyond zoning and general plan revisions, to improve the food access in low-income neighborhoods and are seeking a fundamental, introductory understanding of the economic development and redevelopment tools available, their use, and how to effectively participate in decisions about their use.
Establishing Land Use Protections for Community Gardens
Local government leaders are in a unique position to promote healthy eating and active living in their communities by supporting community gardens. NPLAN, in collaboration with Public Health Law & Policy's Planning for Healthy Places program, has developed a model policy "package" explaining why land use policies are important for supporting and protecting community gardens, and providing model general plan and zoning language to encourage these uses. The language is designed to be tailored to meet individual communities’ needs.
Establishing Land Use Protections for Farmers' Markets
Stroll through the aisles of a farmers' market and you will quickly see why many local leaders are keen on these public, (usually) outdoor markets as ways to promote healthy eating and active living. Farmers get to sell their produce directly to community residents, who in turn get fresh food, a place to gather, and often a revitalized neighborhood.
Establishing Protections for Community Gardens: A Fact Sheet for Advocates
Community gardens play a valuable role in creating healthier communities.This fact sheet explains how model policies from NPLAN can help advocates work with local governments to create and sustain these important neighborhood resources.
