Ua wehe ka USDA i ka Urban Agriculture Toolkit, he kumuwaiwai hou i hana ʻia e ka hui ʻo Know Your Farmer a USDA e kōkua i nā ʻoihana a me nā alakaʻi kaiāulu e hana i nā hana a hoʻonui i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka meaʻai olakino ma o ka mahiʻai kūlanakauhale.
Hōʻike nā manaʻo o ka ʻoihana i ke kūʻai ʻana i nā meaʻai kūloko o ʻAmelika ma kahi o $ 12 biliona ma 2014, mai ka $ 5 biliona ma 2008, a ke manaʻo nei ka poʻe loea e hōʻea i $20 biliona e 2019.
He palapala uila ʻo USDA's Toolkit e hōʻike ana ma mua o 70 mau kumuwaiwai, me ke kōkua ʻenehana a me nā manawa kālā. Hoʻopili ka pahu hana i nā kumuhana e pili ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻāina, ka maikaʻi o ka lepo, nā kumu wai, ke kapikala a me ke kālā, nā ʻōnaehana, ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka mākeke, nā hoʻolālā hana, a me ka noi ʻana i nā haʻawina hoʻokumu federal, mokuʻāina a pilikino paha. Ua kōkua nā hoa lawelawe hoʻonui o ke kulanui ma Chicago a me Indianapolis i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā kumukūʻai no ka hoʻomaka ʻana i nā mahiʻai kūlanakauhale a ʻo ka pahu hana e loaʻa ai ka ʻike e pili ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa a me nā papa inoa no nā mea hoʻomaka a me nā mea hana mua e hoʻolālā ana i nā hana o waho a i loko paha.
Aia kekahi o nā kumuwaiwai USDA i hōʻike ʻia ma ka Toolkit:
- Nā lawelawe mālama waiwai kūlohelohe kōkua ʻenehana a me ke kālā no ka wai kulu a me nā tunnel kiʻekiʻe o ka wā e hoʻolōʻihi i ka wā ulu.
- ʻO nā microloans ʻoihana ʻoihana mahiʻai e hāʻawi ana a hiki i $50,000 i ke kālā no nā lako, ke kumu waiwai hana a i ʻole nā koina ʻē aʻe.
- Kōkua ʻo Food and Nutrition Service e kōkua i ka poʻe mahiʻai kūlanakauhale i ʻae ʻia e ʻae i nā kāleka pōmaikaʻi SNAP, WIC a me Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program.
- Hāʻawi ka Polokalamu Hoʻolaha Kūʻai Kūʻai Kūʻai Mahiai e kākoʻo ana i nā hana kūʻai kūʻai pololei i nā mea kūʻai aku ma nā kūlanakauhale, a me nā haʻawina Local Food Promotion Program e kākoʻo ana i nā hub meaʻai, mahiʻai-i-kuai, a me nā papahana pili.
- Kākoʻo ka papahana ʻo National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) no nā hoʻāʻo ʻana i nā kula ma nā wahi kūlanakauhale a me nā alakaʻi hoʻolālā mahiʻai a me nā alakaʻi kūʻai.
Ua hoʻokumu mua ʻia ka manaʻo no ka Toolkit ma kahi pākaukau puni honua USDA Urban Agriculture i mālama ʻia ma Baltimore i ka pūnāwai i hala. Ua hoʻomohala kekahi mau hui Baltimore ma ke alo o ka mahiʻai kūlanakauhale i nā kumuwaiwai i hoʻokomo ʻia i ka Toolkit ma ke ʻano he kumu hoʻohālike no nā kaiāulu ʻē aʻe e like me ka City Farm Alliance's Urban Agriculture How-To Guide, the Community Law Center's Urban Agriculture Law Project Manual a me ka Green Pattern Book. kōkua i nā alakaʻi o ka ʻāina i ka palapala ʻāina a ʻike i nā mea hoʻohana hou no ka ʻāina hakahaka.
E nānā i ka Urban Agriculture Toolkit ma ka pūnaewele USDA.