LA 2017 DRAFT

GOAL STRATEGY TACTICS TAGS
1. Promote a Good Food economy for all 1.1. Develop zoning and policies that grow the Good Food economy FOR POLICYMAKERS • Establish Good Food Zones around historically impacted neighborhoods that prioritize healthy, high-road food businesses, while discouraging nuisance activity. • Fund healthy food business attraction programs and focus on establishments that offer living wage employment, local hire, workforce development for people with barriers to employment and expand access to culturally relevant healthy food options. • Establish new zoning and permitting categories for innovative food production activities and enterprises Good/Local Food Economies; Business Regulations; Food Security; Availability (retailers); Retail Zoning; Small Business Support; Workforce Development; Good Food Governance; Funding & Investment Strategies; Nutrition & Health; Equity & Justice
1.2. Support small, local, early-stage Good Food entrepreneurs FOR POLICYMAKERS • Legalize sidewalk food vending, establish a Healthy Food Cart program to incentivize healthy sidewalk food vending, assist with public health requirements, and educate about new sidewalk food vending regulations. • Expand opportunities and remove regulatory barriers for home-based or cottage food entrepreneurs Good/Local Food Economies; Business Regulations; Food Security; Availability (retailers); Alternative Food Distribution Tactics; Small Business Support; Workforce Development; Entrepreneurship; Nutrition & Health
FOR FUNDERS AND BUSINESS • Increase flexible, character-based loan / financing opportunities for entrepreneurs bringing Good Food to underserved communities.
FOR FUNDERS AND BUSINESS • Increase flexible, character-based loan / financing opportunities for entrepreneurs bringing Good Food to underserved communities.
1.3. Invest in infrastructure that supports Good Food supply FOR POLICYMAKERS AND BUSINESS • Build more multi-tenant processing, distribution and kitchen facilities accessible to small, mid-size and start-up farm and food businesses. • Invest in emerging market opportunities that address gaps in the food supply chain • Collaborate across local and regional governments to better connect mid-sized farms, processors and manufacturers, to urban and regional market opportunities. Supply Chain Infrastructure; Food Processing; Food Aggregation & Food Hubs; Producer market access; Good/Local Food Economies; Small Business Support; Regional Coordination; Funding & Investment Strategies; Good Food Governance;
FOR FUNDERS • Expand research and development funding and partnerships that spur innovation and meet the needs of food businesses in Los Angeles.
2. Create a cultural shift for Good Food 2.1. Strengthen connections between healthcare and food FOR HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS • Adopt strategies for healthy cafeterias, food security screenings and referrals, and partner with community based organizations to expand neighborhood food access. • Adopt a food as medicine approach within health care that provides more holistic nutrition education for medical professionals and patients. Nutrition & Health; Food in Public Institutions; Food Security; Access (consumer); Food as Medicine; Nutrition Regulations; Good Food Governance; Advocacy; Legislation
FOR POLICYMAKERS • Support insurance and Medical/Medicaid coverage for diabetes prevention programs, including lifestyle modification programs that empower people to adopt healthy diets. • Support a state or local tax on sugar-sweetened beverages which would generate funds in Los Angeles for public health and community food projects.
2.2. Expand impact of Good Food Purchasing policy in LA county FOR POLICYMAKERS • Expand Good Food Purchasing Program through the adoption of policy by Los Angeles County, including LA County Health Services, Recreation and Parks, and Senior and Community Services Departments. • Improve quality and sourcing of meals served to food insecure populations receiving public food assistance, including seniors, youth, hospital patients, and the incarcerated • Identify and develop supply chain opportunities through GFPP Good/Local Food Economies; Public Procurement; Nutrition & Health; Food in Public Institutions; Food Security; Equity & Justice
2.3. Create economic incentives for healthy food consumption FOR POLICYMAKERS AND FUNDERS • Grow Market Match and other voucher programs to increase fresh fruit and vegetable purchases by SNAP participants Nutrition & Health; Availability (retailers); Food & Income Assistance (SNAP, WIC, etc.); Purchasing Power (consumers); Food Security
FOR BUSINESS • Promote flexible pricing strategies in food retail across socioeconomically diverse communities to promote affordability for disadvantaged communities.
2.4. Promote Good Food at retail and community institutions FOR POLICYMAKERS • Establish a Good Food Retailer recognition program for stores that sell healthier food options, accept nutrition subsidies (Food & Income Assistance (SNAP, WIC, etc.)) and abide by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) food waste standards. Nutrition & Health; Availability (retailers); Food & Income Assistance (SNAP, WIC, etc.); Good/Local Food Economies; Small Business Support; Nutrition & Health; Food Labeling & Marketing; Food Access (consumer); Food Security; Culture Shift (Good Food Movement); Public Messaging & Marketing; Good Food Governance; Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning; Food Sovereignty; Equity & Justice
FOR BUSINESS • Provide in-store marketing of Good Food options that are multilingual and culturally relevant to make the healthy choice the easy choice.
FOR FUNDERS • Increase involvement of impacted communities in defining food access needs and measures of success to inform evaluation and funding for healthy food projects.
FOR THE GOOD FOOD MOVEMENT • Launch a public awareness campaign on healthy food consumption that would educate the public on healthy diets, eating locally and seasonally, and how to cook Good Food. • Use food as a vehicle for dialogue on critical social issues across diverse communities through cultural and storytelling events.
3. Eliminate food waste and reclaim the resource 3.1. Build food and organic waste recycling infrastructure FOR POLICYMAKERS AND BUSINESS • Invest in constructing local waste management infrastructure including new industrial facilities to compost or repurpose food • Allow and encourage food businesses to repurpose surplus food and food scraps into “upcycled” products Food Waste; Supply Chain Infrastructure; Commercial Food Waste; Household Food Waste; "
FOR POLICYMAKERS AND THE GOOD FOOD MOVEMENT • Expand community compost hubs so that neighborhoods can compost food scraps at community gardens, schools, churches or other neighborhood places. • Offer food scrap drop off at farmers markets for transfer to compost sites • Utilize technology such as online databases or phone apps to better coordinate food recovery and track diversion from landfills.
3.2. Make food recovery and composting the new normal through policy "FOR POLICYMAKERS AND BUSINESS • Implement state and federal food waste mandates through local plans, infrastructure and outcomes • Offer free kitchen-top food scrap bins for residential waste collection. • Ensure all food businesses have food recovery options available through their waste hauling service. • Standardize food donation options for businesses that want to donate food to shelters and food banks within City of Los Angeles RecycLA franchise system, and standardize compensation for food recovery organizations involved." Food Waste; Commercial Food Waste; Household Food Waste; Good Food Governance; Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning; Food System Coordination; Good/Local Food Economies; Business Regulation
"FOR POLICYMAKERS • Require a “Zero Waste Plan” including food recovery for special events permits in Los Angeles."
"FOR THE GOOD FOOD MOVEMENT • Encourage greater consistency in methods and metrics for food waste diversion from landfill among all relevant agencies and organizations."
3.3. Establish education and training programs on food waste prevention, recovery and recycling FOR BUSINESS • Train restaurants and other food businesses on sustainable food waste reduction practices and safe food donation practices. Food Waste; Commercial Food Waste; Household Food Waste; Good Food Governance; Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning; Culture Shift (Good Food Movement); Training & Education, General; School Curricula
FOR POLICYMAKERS • Encourage schools to reduce food waste through programs like “Shared Table,” “Save It for Later,” food donation or school garden composting, which provide a model for students in surplus food management.
FOR THE GOOD FOOD MOVEMENT • Promote public recognition programs for organizations and businesses engaging in sustainable food waste management practices. • Collect better data to demonstrate the impacts of food waste prevention interventions to funders and policymakers
3.4. Ensure new food waste employment opportunities in public and private sector are accessible to historically disadvantaged workers FOR POLICYMAKERS AND BUSINESS • Ensure that employment opportunities emerging from new food waste industry provide living wages. • Uphold fair labor standards and prioritize local hiring of disadvantaged workers and people with barriers to employment, whom often are people of color. • Prioritize contracts, subcontracts and investment opportunities for minority and women-owned businesses in food waste. Food Waste; Commercial Food Waste; Household Food Waste; Labor/Food Workers; Food Worker Wages; Equity & Justice
4. Eliminate hunger 4.1. Increase participation in nutrition assistance programs for low-income families FOR POLICYMAKERS • Link enrollment to MediCal or MedicAid to automatic enrollment in SNAP. • Promote enrollment in supplemental nutrition programs such as SNAP and WIC and reduce barriers to participation • Encourage all cities in LA County to adopt policies that require SNAP acceptance at farmers’ markets. Food Security; Food Access (consumer); Food & Income Assistance (SNAP, WIC, etc.); Food Availability (retailers); Food as Medicine; Culture Shift (Good Food Movement); Public Messaging & Marketing
FOR BUSINESS • Increase economic revenue for local food businesses by accepting and promoting Food & Income Assistance (SNAP, WIC, etc.) and Market Match.
FOR HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS • Encourage health care providers to screen for food insecurity and make referrals to charitable and public food resources.
FOR THE GOOD FOOD MOVEMENT • Develop innovative strategies to destigmatize public nutrition programs for both consumers and businesses.
4.2. Focus on seniors, youth, and the homeless FOR POLICYMAKERS AND THE GOOD FOOD MOVEMENT • Improve quality and oversight of charitable food and public meal programs for seniors and those with restricted diets. • Increase public and affordable housing as way to address rising rates of food insecurity and crisis of homelessness. • Ensure that supportive housing has more community kitchens to help overcome cooking barriers for high need residents. • Promote Summer Lunch Program in public parks to feed children from low-income families. • Develop services at local public colleges and universities to address rising food insecurity amongst college students. Food Security; Housing access; Food Access (consumer); Food in Public Institutions; Food in Schools; Equity & Justice
4.3. Improve labor standards and expand pathways out of poverty FOR POLICYMAKERS, BUSINESS AND THE GOOD FOOD MOVEMENT • Support living wage policies and fair employment opportunities for those most vulnerable to poverty and hunger. Food Security; Purchasing Power (consumers); Wage Policy, General;
5. Strengthen environmental resiliency and regeneration 5.1. Grow Good Food in our neighborhoods FOR POLICYMAKERS • Increase access to land for urban agriculture by securing suitable parcels and promoting programs like Urban Agriculture Incentive Zones. • Mitigate negative impacts of increased water rates on low-income growers by offering rebates on water-saving technology, such as drip irrigation. • Create joint-use policies at school gardens, libraries, and parks for urban farms, compost hubs and other activities supporting Good Food production. • Streamline permitting and leases for community gardens and urban farms on both public and private land. Remove barriers to accessing land, for example by expanding the Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone to more cities in LA County. • Establish clear guidelines and encourage food growing in public housing. Agriculture & Food Production; Food Sovereignty; Community Food Growing; Urban Garden Zoning & Regulations; Land & Resource Use; Water use; Good Food Governance; Food System Coordination; Good/Local Food Economies; Agriculture & Food Production; Farm & Producer Business Support;
FOR THE GOOD FOOD MOVEMENT • Establish a network of urban farmers, backyard growers and school gardens to connect with retail and procurement opportunities at farmers’ markets, healthy food retailers, community institutions and local restaurants.
5.2. Encourage food sovereignty and local control of food FOR POLICYMAKERS • Develop land-use strategies and incentives that support smart growth, preserve farming in the region, and protect urban farming locally. • Encourage first “right-of-refusal” option for tenant farmers who wish to buy their farm when the land owner decides to sell. Food Sovereignty; Community Food Growing; Land Access; Agriculture & Food Production;
FOR THE GOOD FOOD MOVEMENT • Support community ownership of food production resources through land trusts and cooperatives. • Encourage seed saving and the establishment of seed banks and libraries.
5.3. Support regenerative agriculture and acroecology FOR POLICYMAKERS • Increase funding for regenerative agricultural research, extension and education and its benefits for climate adaptation. • Incentivize regenerative agricultural practices, including water conservation, utilizing closed loop nutrient systems, greater reliance on and working in tandem with natural systems and greater biodiversity, through local, state and national policies. • Invest in healthy soils to sequester carbon and capture water (i.e. “carbon farming”). Land & Resource Use; Sustainable Agriculture; Water Use; Agriculture & Food Production; Good Food Governance; Funding & Investment Strategies; Research & Innovation; Culture Shift (Good Food Movement); Community Outreach; Training & Education, General
FOR THE GOOD FOOD MOVEMENT • Promote and expand community education on the benefits of healthy soils and biodiversity and regenerative agriculture.
5.4. Advocate for regional natural resources needs in state and federal policy FOR POLICYMAKERS • Increase subsidies and financing in Farm Bill for urban, traditional indigenous and regenerative farming practices. • Support the inclusion of the crop insurance program in the Farm Bill with measures that would facilitate a healthy soil strategy in California. • Expand Beginning and Socially Disadvantaged Farmers Program in the Farm Bill. Include support for student debt relief and/or grants for beginning farmers or farmers that contribute social benefits. Good Food Governance; Advocacy; Sustainable Agriculture; Young, Beginning, and Small (YBS) Farmers; Funding & Investment Strategies; Farm & Producer Business Support; Agriculture & Food Production;
5.5. Increase climate and community resiliency through food system planning FOR POLICYMAKERS • Prioritize food security in emergency and climate resiliency plans. • Convene industry and community partners to facilitate contingency plans to ensure consistent food security for the most vulnerable communities during emergency or major climate events. • Include sustainable and urban agriculture in the update of California’s Climate Smart Agriculture Programs. Good Food Governance; Public Private Partnerships; Climate Mitigation; Food Security; Emergency Response; Food System Coordination; Food Sovereignty; Community Food Growing
FOR BUSINESS • Develop contingency plans for food retail and distribution to respond to a major climate or emergency event, and collaborate with local government to meet the needs of vulnerable populations.
FOR BUSINESS • Develop contingency plans for food retail and distribution to respond to a major climate or emergency event, and collaborate with local government to meet the needs of vulnerable populations.
6. Deepen impact of the Good Food movement 6.1. Increase resident engagement and community organizing for food justice FOR THE GOOD FOOD MOVEMENT • Increase the number of trained community organizers and community-driven campaigns to promote diversity in Good Food movement. Culture Shift (Good Food Movement); Community Outreach; Equity & Justice
6.2. Connect hunger and food access to responsible housing and development policies FOR POLICYMAKERS AND THE GOOD FOOD MOVEMENT • Increase public and affordable housing as way to address rising rates of food insecurity and crisis of homelessness. • Protect community-serving food businesses from displacement or economic harm from new development through rent stabilization policies and business interruption funds. • Promote healthy development without displacement by mitigating the unintended consequences of some health-promoting investments. Food Security; Food Access (consumer); Housing access; Good/Local Food Economies; Business Regulations; Small Business Support; Food Availability (retailers); Retail Zoning; Retailer Market Access; Equity & Justice
FOR BUSINESS AND THE GOOD FOOD MOVEMENT • Locate healthy food retail and food assistance programs on or near public and affordable housing sites.
6.3. Partner with immigration and labor groups to protect food workers FOR POLICYMAKERS AND THE GOOD FOOD MOVEMENT • Support immigration policy reform and immigrant rights, recognizing the essential contributions of immigrants throughout our food supply chain. Labor/Food Workers; Immigration; Good Food Governance; Legislation
6.4. Bring local voices to state and national conversations FOR POLICYMAKERS • Actively participate in national advocacy related to food policy, including the elements of the Farm Bill that support environmental conservation, the development of local farm economy and nutrition assistance. Good Food Governance; Advocacy;
FOR THE GOOD FOOD MOVEMENT • Encourage City and County leadership in national conversations such as defending SNAP in the Farm Bill, and support for affordable healthcare for all.