Resource Category: Agriculture

Working with Local Government on Food Policy – A toolkit for civil society

• Year Published: 2018
• Source: BC Food Systems Network
• Category: Agriculture, Community, Environment, Health, Household food insecurity, Local Government, Policy
• Format: Document
• Type: Guide/toolkit

This toolkit is a guide for those who wish to work with local government on food policy. It describes how to navigate the complexities of food policy and local government, focusing on how best to do this work – exploring what to do rather than why.

Shining a Light on Labor: How Food Policy Councils Can Support Food Chain Workers

• Year Published: 2018
• Source: John Hopkins University
• Category: Agriculture, Community, Food Safety, Health, Policy, Poverty
• Format: Document
• Type: Guide/toolkit

This guide outlines why and how FPCs are well-positioned to advocate for food chain workers.

Healthy Built Environment Linkages Toolkit

• Year Published: 2018
• Source: BC Centre for Disease Control
• Category: Agriculture, Community, Environment, Health, Local Government, Policy
• Format: Document
• Type: Guide/toolkit

Describes how population health is influenced by the design of our neighbourhoods, housing, transportation systems, natural environments, and food systems.

Young Agrarians U-MAP

• Year Published: 2017
• Source: Young Agrarians
• Category: Agriculture
• Format: Website/page
• Type: Database

U-MAP is a resource map for new and young farmers that features land, job and educational opportunities, online and written resources.

Building​ ​a Healthy,​ ​Just​ ​and​ ​Sustainable Food​ ​System​: Food​ ​Secure​ ​Canada’s​ ​Recommendations for​ ​A​ ​Food​ ​Policy​ ​for​ ​Canada

• Year Published: 2017
• Source: Food Secure Canada
• Category: Agriculture, Community, Environment, Food Safety, Health, Household food insecurity, Income, Indigenous food sovereignty
• Format: Document
• Type: Report/synthesis

Food Secure Canada’s recommendations for the Government of Canada’s national food policy.

Global Database for City and Regional Food Policies

• Year Published: 2017
• Source: University of Buffalo
• Category: Agriculture, Community, Environment, Food Safety, Health, Household food insecurity, Local Government, Policy
• Format: Website/page
• Type: Database

Searchable database of food policies from around the Globe.