
The GPFAP is a community-centered approach to a policy roadmap and an action plan of strategies that prioritize healthy, affordable, and sustainable food for all.

Vision:
A regional food system, rooted in collaborative, community-based decisions, that prioritizes equity and supports the health of our people, our natural resources and our economy.
Goals:
- Enhance coordination and communication among existing food systems’ resources and agencies;
- Center the roles of equity, sustainable agriculture and environmental stewardship in a healthy food system;
- Support a robust regional food economy that benefits all;
- Improve food security and public health by increasing availability and accessibility of nutritious, high-quality, affordable and locally-sourced food;
- Build community power based on the principle of food sovereignty for all residents.
Why a Food Action Plan?
Because our regional food system faces a number of challenges.
The number of farms in Allegheny County declined from 534 in 2007 to 428 in 2012.
- 534 in 2007 100%
- 428 in 2012 80.15%
46, 773.51 tons of food waste in Pittsburgh was sent to the landfill.
174,110 people, or 14.2% of Allegheny County, are food insecure.
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26.6% of adults in Allegheny County are obese.
We have the resources and the people to address these challenges. The Greater Pittsburgh Food Action Plan will provide the strategy and direction.
Want to get involved?
The Greater Pittsburgh Food Action Plan is brought to you by Pittsburgh Food Policy Council