Local Food- trends and implications for land use regulation in Winnebago County, April 27, 2016
Discussion outline April 2016 handout (pdf)
Community Food System framework
Planning and Zoning Considerations to support Local Food Farms and Businesses:
- Planning and Zoning for Local Foods – Food Production, Center for Land Use Education factsheet
- Planning and Zoning for Local Foods – Processing and Distribution, Center for Land Use Education factsheet
- Local Food Chapter of “Towards a Sustainable Community, Volume II”
Code language and guidance:
- City of Appleton Agriculture District Ordinance (pdf) and Special Use Permit (pdf)
- Winnebago County Zoning Code – Article 8, Land Use Matrix of allowed and conditional uses
- Winnebago County Comprehensive Plan, Chapter 6, Local Food System
- Local Food Networks – From Policy to Reality – Model ordinance for sustainable development, MN
- Municipal Zoning for Local Foods in Iowa: a guidebook for reducing local regulatory barriers to local foods
Agritourism specific zoning guides:
- Michigan (short) –http://www.discoveri69.org/downloads%5Cmda_zoneguide_185763_7.pdf
- Pennsylvania (includes sample forms) –http://www.lancastercountyplanning.org/DocumentCenter/Home/View/139
- Washington (detailed) – http://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/johns-hopkins-center-for-a-livable-future/_pdf/projects/FPN/Ordinances_Model_Policies/Model%20AgriTourism%20Ordinance.pdf
- Compilation of plans and ordinances from California – http://sfp.ucdavis.edu/agritourism/planners/
- Vermont – https://www.uvm.edu/vtagritourism/files/agritourism-guide/bestpractices-land-use-regulation.pdf
- California (perceived obstacles by operators and officials)- http://aic.ucdavis.edu/oa/brief22.pdf
Local food and agriculture trends:
- Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin and Farm to Institution in Northeast Wisconsin (FarmLink) (.doc)
- Wisconsin Megatrends – Agriculture
- Winnebago County Agriculture: Value and Economic Impact 2014
- Direct and Intermediated Marketing of Local Foods in the United States, USDA Economic Research Report No. 128, November 2011
General Information:
- Center for Land Use Education Local Food resources (scroll down for Local Food)
- Wisconsin Agriculture Tourism Association
- Resources for starting an agritourism business
Some local food farms in Winnebago County:
- Grow Local – Town of Neenah
- Vines and Rushes Winery -Town of Nepeuskun
- Dancing Frog Farm – Town of Wolf River
- Cattleana Ranch – Town of Poygan
