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Browse 100+ resources on food systems law and policy.

133 items
Topic: Institutional Procurement Policy, Farmers Markets, Farmland Access, Food Safety, Gleaning, Healthy Food Access, Urban Agriculture Audience: Attorneys, Community Organizations, Policymakers, Technical Assistance Providers

Local Food Policy Database

August 2026   |   Local Food Policy Resource Hub

This database includes more than 1,400 policies passed at the local and state level from across the United States related to local and regional food systems.

Topic: Institutional Procurement Policy, Farmers Markets, Farmland Access, Gleaning, Healthy Food Access, Urban Agriculture Audience: Community Organizations, Policymakers, Researchers, Technical Assistance Providers

Local Food Policy Resource Library

August 2026   |   Local Food Policy Resource Hub

This curated collection of resources includes reports, guides, fact sheets, toolkits, and other publications that analyze or inform local and regional food systems law and policy.

Topic: Energy Audience: Community Organizations, Policymakers, Researchers

Farmland Solar Policy State Law Database

September 2021   |   Farm and Energy Initiative

This database provides examples of state laws, state agency regulations and guidance, and model laws related to farmland solar policy.

Topic: Farmworkers Audience: Community Organizations, Farmworkers, Policymakers, Researchers

Farmworker Health Policy Database

May 2021   |   Rural Workforce Law and Policy Project

This database includes state laws and regulations related to pesticide and heat exposure across the country.

Topic: Healthy Food Access Audience: Community Organizations, Policymakers, Researchers

Local Government Policies to Support Food Access During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Index

March 2021   |   Healthy Food Policy Project

This sortable index includes formal municipal policies that accelerated, prioritized, or facilitated food access during the COVID-19 pandemic and other emergency periods through measures that exceeded ordinary non-emergency-time policies and/or specifically prioritized health and/or equity considerations.

Topic: Healthy Food Access Audience: Community Organizations, Policymakers, Researchers

Healthy Food Policy Database

November 2017   |   Healthy Food Policy Project

This resource is a curated, searchable database of healthy food policies at the local level in the United States.