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No. Recommendation
1 Sponsor Agricultural Training Courses
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Table 12.1 – Summary of Recommendations
Implementing Food Sector Goal Addressed Prior­
Authority Addressed 1 2 3 4 5 ity
Benchmarks
! ! Med 10% increase in enrollment
2
Facilitate greater involvement in
Agricultural Districts
Agricultural Land
Preservation Board
" ! !" Med 4 new Ag. Districts within 3 years
3 Identify Potential New Cropland ! !"! ! Low 15% increase in cropland acres within 5 years
4 Establish a Seed Bank ! ! Low Feasibility study conducted in 3 years
5
6
7
8
9
Manage a County Website on
Agricultural Resources
Facilitate a Regional Food Hub in Erie
County
Make Available a Master Food System
Contact Directory
Enable a Food Transportation
Cooperative
Support Social Entrepreneurs in the
Food System
Department of
Environment and
Planning
! ! ! High Begin website within 6 months to a year
! ! ! ! High
! ! ! High
! ! ! ! ! Med
! ! ! ! ! Med
Conduct analysis to determine location, and
obtain municipality interest in hosting site
Build upon provided Farmer’s Resource
Appendix
Convene meeting with key stakeholders to
discuss within 3 years
With ECIDA, create marketing plan within 3
years
10 Target Industry Clusters ! ! Med Identify key industry clusters within 6 months
11 Implement a PDR or TDR Program ! !" Med 15% increase in protected land in next 3 years
12
Develop a County­Run Comprehensive
Composting Program
! Low Site selection within 3 years
13
14
15
16
Facilitate Agriculturally Focused
Municipal MOUs
Create the Erie County Food Policy
Council
Adopt an Erie County Food Charter or
Food Action Plan
Fund Local Procurement Policies for
Public Institutions
Erie County Legislature
! ! Low
! ! ! ! ! High
Commit 50% of municipalities to collective
agriculture preservation goals
Pass resolution to establish within 1 year, new
policies emerging 6 months from then
! ! ! ! ! Med Pass resolution to establish within 1 year
! ! Med 15% increase within 3 years
17 Pass a Food System Development Fund ! ! Med Pass resolution to fund within 2 years
18
19
Consolidate an Agritourism Program
Proliferate County­Wide Branding of
Local Food
Buffalo Convention and
Visitors Bureau
!
!
! !
! !
Med
Med
Create agritourism plan within 2­3 years
Create new brand within 1 year, begin using
within 3 years
20
Reorganize Business Practices to
Express a Local Preference
The Broadway Market ! ! ! ! High
Review contracts and increase 15% to
promote local buying