[Foodplanning] Amending the comprehensive plan

[Gerda Wekerle]

Hi Rosemarie:

Take a look at the City of Toronto's Official Plan. The Toronto Food Policy
Council was able to insert wording changes at the very end of the process,
although it might have been more extensive if it had been able to happen
earlier. 

Gerda Wekerle

> Rosemarie Cordello wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> 
> 
> I’m happy to be a new member of this listserve.   I founded the Portland
> Multnomah Food Policy Council and co-chaired it until January of this
> year.  Now I’m working on a project I started while chairing the Council
> - a pilot food planning process in a low-income Portland neighborhood.
> Part two of this work will include developing strategies for
> incorporating food planning into the City’s overall planning process.  We
> are interested in making strategic changes to the city’s comprehensive
> plan to further food access and to strengthen the capacity of the local
> food system.
> 
> 
> 
> I am not a planner, but I imagine that comprehensive plans vary widely.
> In particular, Portland’s land use planning system is more extensive than
> most.  That said, I wonder if anyone on this list has had experience
> trying to amend comprehensive plans to promote food security and might
> perhaps have words of wisdom on best approaches.  For example, where are
> the best opportunities to make these changes and is there sample language
> available that has been effective?
> 
> 
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Rosemarie Cordello
> 
> Lents Food Access Project
> 
> (503) 297-5212
> 
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