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Dallas city council adopts new Comprehensive Urban Agriculture Plan

“There is no doubt the effects of climate change will have an impact on our resident’s ability to access affordable and healthy food options,” City Manager T.C. Broadnax said.

By Alex Keller
CBS
March 8, 2023

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Dallas is adopting a new plan to help ensure that every community in the city has access to healthy, local food.

The city council voted on Wednesday, Mar. 8 to approve a new Comprehensive Urban Agriculture Plan (CUAP). The plan aims to improve the city’s food system and ensure that every resident is food secure.

In pursuit of these goals, the CUAP aims to provide a long-term strategy for urban agriculture in Dallas. The city will use this framework in its current and future infrastructure and development goals.

The CUAP’s overarching goals are to:

Remove regulatory barriers to implementation
Support access to farmlands
Provide access to urban agriculture education and resources
Facilitate collaboration between urban agriculture stakeholders
“There is no doubt the effects of climate change will have an impact on our resident’s ability to access affordable and healthy food options,” City Manager T.C. Broadnax said. “By approving this plan, the City of Dallas is showing it has the foresight to plan how to feed its rapidly urbanized population in the face of equally rapid climate change.”

In May 2020, Dallas officially adopted the Comprehensive Environmental and Climate Action Plan (CECAP) to meet the Paris Climate Agreement. The plan includes 97 actions in eight different focus areas meant to mitigate and adapt to climate change while improving environmental quality and social equity.

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