What is Food Policy? Broadly defined, food policy is a set of collective decisions made by governments at all levels, businesses, and organizations that affect how food gets from the farm to your table. A food policy can be as broad as a federal regulation on food labeling or as local and specific as a zoning law that lets city dwellers raise honeybees. Decisions range from formal pieces of legislation to voluntary guidelines and administrative processes that allow for certain programs to flourish. Mission:The mission of the Greater Cincinnati Regional Food Policy Council is to advance a healthy, equitable, and sustainable food system for all within Greater Cincinnati’s ten-county region through policy, systems, and environment change. Objectives:
| Greater Cincinnati Regional Food Policy Council Director: Sign up for our quarterly newsletter! Food Policy Council Operating Procedures Application for New Council Members LATEST NEWS: The Urban Agriculture Zoning Ordinance was approved by the Planning Commission on 5/17/19 and passed unanimously by City Council on 6/26/19! To learn more please view: Urban Agriculture Decision Tree Questions? Please contact
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A new project is underway to create Edible City: An Art Atlas of Cincinnati's Foodshed Past, Present and Future!
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