Local Food System Planning

Successful urban agriculture is about much more than individual farms. It requires a thriving, collaborative local food system: chefs, consumers, farmers, and government officials, all working together to support continued development and expansion across the entire value chain. Successful models should be highlighted, and struggling operators must be connected with the tools and resources to thrive. 

Agritecture advises cities, governments, economic development groups, and real estate developers on how to integrate agriculture effectively into their city policy and programming. These comprehensive planning and stakeholder engagement services are based upon Agritecture's unique Scenario Analysis methodology, which considers hundreds of viable urban agriculture models and applies them to the local built environment to achieve specific food security and resilience goals. 

Many cities share similar challenges of increasing urbanization, decreasing arable land, distant supply chains, and persistent wealth inequality. By convening and galvanizing stakeholders, Agritecture is able to integrate global best practices for urban agriculture while respecting and leveraging the unique local context of each city. While each city represents unique obstacles and opportunities, our multidisciplinary, human-centered consultants have always been able to improve strategic collaboration, knowledge sharing, and access to critical resources for producers and consumers wherever we’ve been retained.