Dossier « L’agriculture dans le système alimentaire urbain : continuités et innovations » – The role of normative frameworks in municipal urban agriculture policy: three case studies from the United States

Abstract

Agriculture offers a wide array of benefits to the urban ecosystem. In the United States, urban agricultural activities are rapidly increasing, both in sheer quantity and in the form in which it is manifest. This paper explores the role of normative frameworks in urban agriculture policy at the municipal level. Case study analysis of three cities − Baltimore, Maryland; Chicago, Illinois; and Minneapolis, Minnesota – seeks first to identify whether or not a normative framework is strategically employed and second, to assess the impact of the norm, or its absence, on urban agricultural initiatives.