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Question: Regulatory and other barriers to urban and peri-urban agriculture: A case study of urban planners and urban farmers from the greater Chicago metropolitan area
Answer: Seven perceived barriers to urban and peri-urban agriculture in the greater Chicago metropolitan area
are identified through interviews with urban planners and farmers. All seven perceived barriers
involve unclear or agriculture-unfriendly regulations governing urban and peri-urban
agriculture. Results suggest that urban and peri-urban farmers commonly are being forced to
operate within a legal limbo or petition for exceptions to a variety of current regulations. The
study documents the need for clear and agriculture- inclusive local ordinances and provides direction
for local efforts to create them.
(Source: , 23 Sep 2021)
Source Link: https://foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/download/178/174/0.