City of Terrace Official Community Plan

Topic	Sub-Topic	Policy or Policy Excerpt	Document Location	Language Rating
First Nations and indigenous food systems; land access;	research and data collection; hunting/ fishing /gathering;	Maintain access to natural and traditional food on lands where sources of these foods have been identified, consider undertaking an inventory of city lands to better identify these resources.	pg 11
development and productive use of agricultural land;	ALR;	Maintain arable lands within the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR).	pg 11
urban agriculture;	urban gardens/orchard;	Support the existing community garden areas and the development of new community gardens in all areas of the community where suitable.	pg 12	*
food production; development and productive use of agricultural land;	ALR;	Explore options to maintain and expand high quality agricultural land for food production and farming	pg 11
urban agriculture;	urban gardens/orchard;	Explore unique opportunities to develop community gardens in public spaces, right-of ways and utility corridors.	pg 12
urban agriculture;	urban gardens/orchard;	Expand areas in Terrace where urban agricultural activities are permitted through a review of current bylaws and regulations.	pg 12	*
urban agriculture;	edible landscaping;	Consider edible landscaping for City property.	pg 12
urban agriculture;	urban gardens/orchard; residential development;	Provide support for residential food production efforts, including greenhouse operations, rooftop gardens and backyard gardens.	pg 12
urban agriculture;	urban gardens/orchard; residential development;	Consider establishing food production or communal garden space requirements for all new medium and high density residential developments.	pg 12
economic development;	tax mechanisms;	Promote farming as a viable pursuit locally through efforts such as incentive programs or tax breaks.	pg 12
urban agriculture;	urban farm;	Encourage small scale commercial food production where zoning permits.	pg 12
waste management;	food recovery/gleaning/donation;	Support food recovery programs to ensure fresh local products are available to all.	pg 12
food sales, access and procurement;	local procurement;	Encourage local business, agencies and institutions to adopt local food buying policies.	pg 12
education;	community food system education;	Promote awareness offood security issues and support educational opportunities to residents on gardening, composting, food processing, storage and preparation.	pg 12	*
education;	community food system education;	Support and coordinate the development of food-related educational and cultural events.	pg 12
education; first nations and indigenous food systems;	hunting/ fishing /gathering;	Work corroboratively to promote education on traditional local and wild foods and opportunities for fishing, hunting and harvesting.	pg 12	*
food sales, access and procurement; policy partnerships, advocacy and development;	partnerships/advocacy/liaising;	Encourage partnerships between community groups, other levels of government and health authorities to support access to healthy food for all	pg 12
food sales, access and procurement;	local procurement;	Aim to include 25% of locally grown food (as available in season) at municipal events.	pg 12	*
economic development	local food culture;	Support innovative farming and local marketing techniques to help improve the economic viability of food production in the community	pg 12