STILL IN DEVELOPMENT PHASE
Chautauqua County Department of Planning & Development
Developer: Brendan Cullen | Planning Technician
Primary Contact : Melissa Keller | [email protected]
During the initial meetings of the Chautauqua County Food Policy Council, the Council noted that while we have a foundational understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of Chautauqua County's food system, we are unaware of its specific assets. Understanding our assets and capacity will help the Council to formulate policy changes and program areas that will benefit the food system. Additionally, we hope that this will help develop and strengthen connections within Chautauqua County.
The purpose of this project is to identify, connect, and promote assets within Chautauqua County's Food System.
- To develop and strengthen connections within Chautauqua County's Food System.
- To better understand the current community efforts within Chautauqua County's Food System.
- Provide the Chautauqua County Food Policy Council opportunities to network and obtain feedback from assets within Chautauqua County's Food System.
- Identify where they can purchase locally grown and processed foods
- Identify where food can be accessed
- Identify Nutritional Assistance programs
- Identify processing outlets
- Identify distribution outlets
- Technical Assistance
- Identify food aggregators
- Source locally grown products
- Identify distribution outlets
- Technical Assistance
- Identify pre-existing facilities where processing can occur
- Identify locally grown and processed foods
- Identify producers that sell foods with specific certifications
- Concentrations of producers and production type
- Technical Assistance
- Identify where food can be accessed
- Concentration and location of producers/types
Food begins with agriculture and farming. The food we consume must first be grown, cultivated, and harvested. Agriculture & Food Production describes any organization or business that produces raw food products.
Food processing can provide benefits such as giving foods a longer shelf life, reducing food safety risks, and creating value-added products. Processing & Value-Added Products describes any organization or business that transforms raw foods and ingredients into new products.
Once food has been produced or processed, it needs to make its way to food outlets where it can be sold to consumers. Products may be aggregated together from multiple sources to create a larger and more reliable supply to meet market demands. Aggregation, Distribution, & Storage describes any organization or business that collects, transports, or preserves raw or processed food products prior to purchasing by consumers.
Food makes its way to the consumer and our plates in a variety of ways. Food Retail/Direct Sales describes any organization or business that sells food directly to consumers. This includes supermarkets, restaurants, dining halls, and other locations an individual can purchase food.
In the United States, over one-third of all available food goes uneaten through loss or waste. Food Loss Management describes any organization or business that manages waste produced at any stage of the food system.
There are a variety of resources for people and organizations within the food system. Education & Support describes any organization or business that provides assistance to the community at any stage of the food system.
- Geocoder: https://willgeary.github.io/data/2016/11/04/Geocoding-with-Google-Sheets.html
- https://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/local-food-systems
- https://clf.jhsph.edu/publications
How to update point layer:
- Sort Google Sheet by Organization Name (alphabetically)
- Export as JSON
- Replace data/current_assets.json with exported JSON (only replace everything after "var points = ")
- Commit changes