Environmental Stakeholder Workshop Feedback Report - City of ...

c) Promote community gardens by:i. Allocate accessible space for community gardens.ii. Market and build awareness of the benefits of community gardensiii. Allowing city lands to be used for community gardens. For example -consider how parks planning could allocate a portion of public parks forurban agriculture purposes. This could avoid permitting communitygardens which are leading to opposition.d) Promote more local food to address food security by:i. Connecting local farmers within the County to merchants andsupermarkets to promote availability of local food produce in grocerystores.ii. Exploring use of local currency – i.e. Kawartha Looniii. Educating Council on options to support local food economy. Build onideas being successfully implemented in other communities i.e.Calgary and London.iv. Working with supermarkets to encourage that a certain percentage ofgoods is local produce.v. Promoting facilities to support urban agriculture (i.e. rain water capture,local watering places)vi. Outreaching to community food network to access private gardens andspace.e) Develop policies that support and promote small scale food processingprocessing in mixed use areas in the City by:i. Creating land use permissions for small-scale food processingincluding apple pressing/bottling etc.ii. Promoting food distribution infrastructure and mini-terminal.iii. Promoting a food hub as business incubator.f) Develop policies for encouraging urban agriculture through new subdivisiondevelopment by:i. Creating incentives for developers who would design open space useintegrating sustainable public garden opportunities.ii. Create policy to require food space in new developments and parks.iii. Requiring new development should be required to maintain minimumtopsoil depths. Break up compacted soil to support new growth.g) Permit community kitchens, small food processing outlets, and food retail toteach people how to cook and grow food.10 | P age