Urban Ag Production / Urban Agribusiness / Urban Ag in Ohio
URBAN AG COMMUNITY OVERVIEW
Ohio’s urban agriculture community involves a variety of interests. A Communitiy Capitals framework illsutrates the interrelated aspects within urban areas, and along the urban-rural continuum. Local OSU Extension teams collaborate with campus and community partners to advance urban ag.
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Urban Ag Community RESOURCES
- Financial Capital
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- Natural Capital
- Add Access to land, healthy soil, water
- City of Cleveland, Division of Water
- Cuyahoga County Land Bank
- Built Capital
- Add Access to facilities for value-added production, packaging, aggregation, distribution, markets – hoop house
- Human Capital
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- K-12 Schools: Urban youth and urban youth educators
- Higher Education: Urban agriculture educators at Ohio colleges and universities
- Other workforce development groups
- Political Capital
- Add Access to information and development of policies, ordinances,
- Local/state government officials and agency personnel
- Ohio Food Policy Council
- Cleveland City Planning Commission
- Chicken and Bees Ordinance
- Forestry and otehr regulations?
- Social and Cultural Capital
- Add Access to other producers, community groups
- Community groups and organizers supporting urban food systems and urban agriculture enterprises
- Media and Other Influencers