Table 3 Policies referred to within LG food policies, by level of administration (local, national, global region or international – as defined in Table 2)

Local

“Superb Food” (sustainable urban and peri-urban food provision) in Zurich, Rotterdam and their surrounding local governments^A,B, Zurich Cultural Land Initiative (Switzerland)^A, Quality Charter for Agriculture and Food Economy (Switzerland)^A,B, Healthy Schools London^A,B,C, London Healthy Workplace Charter^A,B,C

Provincial Local Food Act 2013 (Toronto and surrounding municipalities)^A,B, Regional Growth Strategy (Vancouver)^A, Affordable Housing Strategy (Vancouver)^A, British Columbia’s Climate Action Plan (Vancouver)^A,B,C, Mandatory Recycling and Composting Ordinance 2009 (San Francisco)^C

Municipal Secretariat of Supply (Belo Horizonte)^A, City Region Food System of Medellin (31 municipalities surrounding Medellin)^A,B,C, Plan of Development for the Metropolitan District of Quito of 2015 (Ecuador)^A

Economic Development Strategy (Cape Town)^A, Poverty Alleviation Strategy (Cape Town)^A

National

Federal Trans Fatty Acid regulation (Austria)^B, Animal Welfare Act (Austria)^A,B, Federal Procurement Act (Austria)^A,B, National legislation to introduce organic procurement in school canteens (Italy)^A,B, National Health Service’s Public Health Directorate (United Kingdom)^B, National School Food Plan 2013 (United Kingdom)^A,B,C

Love Food Hate Waste Canada (Canada)^A,B,C, Farm Bill legislation (United States)^A,B,C, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (United States)^A,B,C, Child Nutrition Act (United States)^A,B,C, WIC program (United States)^A,B,C, SNAP Education (United States)^A,B,C

Family Farming Law (Brazil)^A,B,C, Plan for Food and Nutrition Security 2016–2028 (Columbia)^A,B, Organic Agriculture Law of 2007 (Ecuador)^A,B, Food Sovereignty Law of 2009 (Ecuador)^A,B,C, National Plan for Good Living of 2013 (Ecuador)^A,B,C

National Agriculture, Fisheries & Food Act 2013 (Nairobi)^A,B, Crops Act 2013 (Nairobi) ^A

Global region

Smart Food Cities for Development project (EU)^{A,B, C}, IPES Food’s “Towards a Common Food Policy for the European Union” (EU)^A,B,C, European Parliament resolution on Fair Trade and Development (EU)^A, Edible Cities Network (EU)^A,B,C, Food labelling and Country of Origin legislation (EU)^A,B

Nil referred to

Nil referred to

Harare Declaration on Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture 2003 (Kenya, Malawi, Swaziland, Tanzania and Zimbabwe)^A,B

International

Sustainable Development Goals^A,B,C, Paris Agreement, Milan Urban Food Policy Pact^A,B,C, United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition^A,B,C, “Sustainable Schools” initiative^A,B,C, C40 Cities Advancing Towards Zero Waste Declaration^A,B,C