Policy Options for Local Governments in Kansas: Increasing Access to Healthy Food (2015)

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Policy Options_Access to Healthy Food 1 2015.pdf

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Local governments play a pivotal role in ensuring that community members have access to healthy food through local policies.  For example, local governments can change zoning and taxing laws to make it easier to create new grocery stores, farmers’ markets, and community gardens. This resource describes the different types of policies that local governments can use to increase access to healthy food within their communities.

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Local governments play a pivotal role in ensuring that community members have access to healthy food through local policies.  For example, local governments can change zoning and taxing laws to make it easier to create new grocery stores, farmers’ markets, and community gardens. This resource describes the different types of policies that local governments can use to increase access to healthy food within their communities.