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Institute for Sustainable Food Systems
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Town of High River Urban Bee Guidelines

Topic(s): Food Production, Urban Agriculture

Sub-topic(s): beekeeping/apiculture, livestock, pollinators

Document Type: Guideline | Year: 2016

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Guidelines summarizing regulations of the Urban bee Bylaw (passed in 2016) for those interested in keeping bees in the corporate boundaries of the Town of High River. See document for details.

Town of Hinton Community Sustainability Plan

Topic(s): Food Production, Urban Agriculture

Sub-topic(s): urban farm, urban gardens/orchard

Year: 2011

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Topic Subtopic Policy or Policy Excerpt Document Location
urban agriculture;
food production;		 urban gardens/orchards;
urban farm;		 Develop local community gardens and encourage the use of SPIN (Small Plot INtensive) principles to re-localize the growth and variety of food. Plan for food sovereignty, in part by commercializing urban food production. 5.18.1

 

Town of Okotoks Urban Hen Pilot Guidelines and Regulations

Topic(s): Food Production, Urban Agriculture

Sub-topic(s): livestock, pilot project, urban chickens

Document Type: Guideline | Year: 2015

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Guidelines and regulations for residents to keep backyard hens as part of the Okotoks Urban Hen pilot project.

Town of Okotoks Urban Hen Bylaw

Topic(s): Food Production, Urban Agriculture

Sub-topic(s): livestock, urban chickens

Document Type: Regulatory Bylaw | Year: 2017

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A bylaw to regulate the keeping of urban hens in the Toen of Okotoks. This bylaw proceeded a pilot project initiated in 2015.

Town of Morinville Municipal Development Plan

Topic(s): Economic Development, Food Processing, Storage & Distribution, Food Production, Policy Partnerships, Advocacy & Development, Urban - Agriculture Conflict & Edge Planning, Urban Agriculture

Sub-topic(s): beekeeping/apiculture, food distribution, food processing, food storage, livestock, pollinators, urban chickens, urban gardens/orchard, zoning

Year: 2012 & 2013 (consolidated 2017)

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Topic Subtopic Policy or Policy Excerpt Document Location
food production;
urban agriculture		   Morinville shall support lawn alternatives.
 		 10.2
Urban Agriculture;
Food production;		 community gardens/orchards;
zoning		 Morinville shall encourage and support appropriate urban agricultural practices, including community gardens, in all land use districts. 10.4
food production;
urban agriculture		   Urban Agriculture:
Morinville shall support urban agricultural practices.
 		 10.18
food production;
urban agriculture;		 urban gardens/orchard; urban gardens/orchard 10.19
food production;
urban agriculture;		   Morinville shall encourage and support landowners of vacant, idle parcels of land to offer temporary use of their land for urban agricultural purposes by interested third parties.
 		 10.21
food production;
urban agriculture;		 livestock;
beekeeping/apiculture
urban chickens;
pollinators;		 Morinville shall investigate the feasibility of regulating limited urban animal husbandry as it pertains to food security and the keeping of backyard chickens, meat rabbits, bees and the like. 10.22
policy partnerships, advocacy and development;   Morinville shall support the collaborative development of a Regional Agricultural Master Plan
with the Capital Region Board and in partnership with its member municipalities for the
identification of prime agricultural lands.
 		 13.3
food production;
 		   Morinville shall support the continuation of existing agricultural uses within Morinville on lands
that are designated, planned or unplanned, yet undeveloped until such time as they become
developed and agricultural practises on the land are no longer feasible.
 		 13.4
economic development;
Food processing, storage and distribution;
urban-agricultural conflict and edge planning;		 food processing;
food storage;
food distribution;		 Morinville shall support the continued operation and diversification of agricultural businesses
and value-added agricultural production, processing, distribution, and marketing and supportive
infrastructure for the agricultural sector in the urban-rural/intermunicipal fringe area.
 

13.15
food production;
urban agriculture conflict and edge planning;		 livestock; Notwithstanding Policy 13.15, Morinville shall not support the creation or expansion of Confined
 13.16

 

 

ALC Policy: Placement of Fill for Soil Bound Agricultural Activities

Topic(s): Development and Productive use of Agricultural Land

Sub-topic(s): ALR, deposit of fill and dumping, soil

Document Type: Policy | Year: 2017

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ALC regulation and guidelines for non-farm use applications for fill placement in the ALR related to soil bound agriculture.

Town of Beaumont Environmental Master Plan

Topic(s): Education, Urban Agriculture, Waste Management

Sub-topic(s): community food system education, composting, urban gardens/orchard

Year: 2012

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Topic Subtopic Policy or Policy Excerpt Document location
waste management; composting; Encourage residents to do composting in their own backyards by developing a program to sell backyard composters to residents. Several Capital Region municipalities currently run similar programs. p. 22

education;

urban agriculture;

urban gardens/orchards;

community food system education;

 Beaumont will continue to promote and encourage the use of community gardens. This is a great way for residents to learn about land stewardship, meet each other, and grow their own local food. It also relates back to Beaumont’s history as a farming community. p. 26

 

City of Wetaskiwin Municipal Development Plan

Topic(s): Development and Productive use of Agricultural Land

Sub-topic(s): residential development

Year: 2011

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Topic Subtopic Policy or Policy Excerpt Document location

development and productive use of agricultural land;

 residential development;
Residential development policies - New residential development WILL be CONTIGUOUS to create an efficient land use pattern and prevent the premature loss of agricultural land. Intermunicipal Cooperation		 p. 15
development and productive use of agricultural land;   The CITY wishes to protect the agricultural land within the intermunicipal development plan area until required for urban development. p. 32

 

City of St. Albert Community Garden Bylaw

Topic(s): Urban Agriculture

Sub-topic(s): urban gardens/orchard

Document Type: Regulatory Bylaw | Year: 2016

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A bylaw to approve the use of lands designated as Environmental Reserve for community gardening.

City of St. Albert Beekeeping Bylaw

Topic(s): Food Production, Urban Agriculture

Sub-topic(s): beekeeping/apiculture, livestock, pollinators

Document Type: Regulatory Bylaw | Year: 2017

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A bylaw to regulate the keeping of bees in urban areas