1. Marice Ashe, JD, MPH Director RMLUI 2010 | 3.5.10 Eat your greens! Planning policies to support healthy food systems

2. What do land use policies have to do with food systems?

3. market forces + public policy = “food landscape”

4. Source: California Center for Public Health Advocacy, “Searching For Healthy Food: The Food Landscape In California Cities and Counties” CA’s Food Retail Environment Source: CA Center for Public Health Advocacy, http://www.publichealthadvocacy.org/searchingforhealthyfood.html

5. CA’s Food Retail Environment Source: CA Center for Public Health Advocacy, http://www.publichealthadvocacy.org/searchingforhealthyfood.html

6. CA’s Food Retail Environment Source: CA Center for Public Health Advocacy, http://www.publichealthadvocacy.org/searchingforhealthyfood.html

7. Source: USDA Food Environment Atlas, http://maps.ers.usda.gov/FoodAtlas/ Percent of US households without a car and > 1 mile to a grocery store

10. Supermarket proximity is associated with a better diet. Limited access to fast food for schoolchildren is associated with better diet. Policy can reverse these statistics Healthy Eating Research Brief 2008; Davis & Carpenter 2009; Active Living Research Brief 2007

11. “Promoting the concept of a “foodshed” — a diversified, regional food economy — could be the key to improving the American diet. “

12. Creating Healthy Food System Policy  Lay the groundwork Share information and build partnerships

13.  Lay the groundwork: Share information and build partnerships  Assess existing health conditions Collect food system data and conduct environmental audits Creating Healthy Food System Policy

14.  Lay the groundwork Share information and build partnerships  Assess existing health conditions Collect food system data and conduct environmental audits  Adopt policies Support local food system development Creating Healthy Food System Policy

15.  Lay the groundwork Share information and build partnerships  Assess existing health conditions Collect food system data and conduct environmental audits  Adopt policies Support local food system development  Ensure that the plan’s goals are implemented - Develop indicators and standards - Update zoning and design guidelines - Use economic development tools as incentives - Implement healthy development review criteria Creating Healthy Food System Policy

16. Step 1 Laying the Groundwork

17. Building relationships & Collaborative Partnerships Photo courtesy of WALKSan Diego

19. 2 Assess 1 Step

20. Measuring access to healthy food District of Columbia | Office of Planning

21. Walking Time to Large/Chain Grocer

23. 3 Adopt 21 Step

24. Update Plans and Policies Support access to and long-term tenure of land for local food system activities

25. Set standards and priorities for improving food access in underserved neighborhoods

26. “The Blueprint for Future Development” Statement of development policies Comprehensive Plans

28. Types of healthy general plan policies, by location

29. Policy Language Good: Policy 1.0: Encourage the development of community gardens to increase residents’ access to healthy foods Better: Policy 1.1: Establish 1 community garden for every 2,500 households in an urban village and urban center (Seattle, WA)

30. POLICY 3.5.2 Promote healthy neighborhoods and community by encouraging neighborhood convenience stores to carry healthy food such as fresh fruits and vegetables. WATSONVILLE, CA Policy Language

31. POLICY 3.5.21 Condition neighborhood markets (convenience stores) at the time of development review to incorporate the sale of fresh fruits and vegetables. WATSONVILLE, CA Implementation

32. Condition neighborhood markets (convenience stores) at the time of development review to devote 10 percent of the store’s shelf space to the sale of fresh fruits and vegetables. SAMPLE Strengthen implementation

33. Step 4 Implement 21

34. Create a targeted grocery attraction and improvement strategy Help with location and expansion, and streamlining fees and permitting processes, provide grants/loans

35. Outreach to small markets Offer incentives and assistance: façade improvements; infrastructure; business planning, WIC/Food Stamp participation; link to distribution channels

36. Plan for urban agriculture Zone for gardens as defined and allowed use Comprehensive planning and redevelopment opportunities Require developers to provide set-asides

37. Plan for farmers’ markets Zone for markets as defined and allowed use Comprehensive planning and redevelopment opportunities Streamline fees and permitting

38. Mobile Vending Incentivize healthy vending Restrict unhealthy vending Support small-scale entrepreneurs

39. Create a balanced food environment Zoning can be used to restrict fast food outlets Restrictions: Quotas, Density, Distance Bans: Fast food/drive thru, “formula” restaurant

40. Resources

41. Fact SheetsModel Policies

42. www.phlpnet.org