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Joint Sustainability Committee backs food‑policy recommendation to fund agricultural land acquisition and preservation
Summary
The committee unanimously approved a recommendation from the Food Policy Board calling for a revolving loan fund and an organizational mechanism to acquire or place conservation easements on agricultural land and to inventory city‑owned and privately available land for agricultural use.
The Joint Sustainability Committee unanimously adopted a recommendation from the Food Policy Board urging the City of Austin to create funding and a management mechanism to acquire and preserve agricultural land for local food production.
Marissa, a Food Policy Board member, presented the proposal and told the committee that less than 0.6% of the food consumed in Travis County is produced locally and that the region is losing farmland to development. She said the…
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