Link: Vermont Agriculture & Food System Strategic Plan, VT
LINK The Plan contains a vision for Vermont’s food system in 2030, 15 strategic goals with 87 objectives, and 34 priority strategies (recommendations for action).…
Topic: Environmental
Supporting Healthy Communities: What Can Towns Do?, VT
By providing a subset of tools and actionable strategies, this guide attempts to encourage both planning and health promotion efforts to address the environmental factors…
Health Impact Assessment and Health in All Policies, VT
A health impact assessment is a systematic process that uses an array of data sources and analytic methods and considers input from stakeholders to determine…
Example goals, policies, and recommendations for Town Plans by health topic – from TRORC Vermont town plans
This document contains a list of example goals, policies, and recommendations to use in town plans. The examples are sorted by the following topics: active…
Health in All Policies – A Guide for State and Local Governments, US
Part I of this guide is a discussion of the concept of Health in All Policies, including its key elements, history, and links to other…
Link: Pesticide use in marijuana production, US
Pesticide Use in Marijuana Production: Safety Issues and Sustainable Options As states legalize cannabis, toxins in cultivation intersect with health and the environment, and ecological…
Electricity Use in Marijuana Production, US
On a structural level, indoor cultivators must consider special lighting, ventilation and air conditioning systems when designing greenhouses. Each of these systems uses a substantial…
Link: Marijuana cultivation and toxicant use, Western US
An ever-changing ecological battlefield: marijuana cultivation and toxicant use in western forests The effects of indiscriminate toxicant use at grow sites are widespread.
Marijuana policy decision matrix, CA
Best regulatory practices for minimizing youth harm. Matrix of factors to consider, what the data show, best practices to minimize youth impacts, and ways to…
Impacts on surface water and aquatic habitat, CA
Marijuana is a high water-use plant. Water demand for marijuana cultivation has the potential to divert substantial portions of streamflow.