Food Sovereignty & Food Production in East Cleveland: - A Legal and Policy Guide to State and Local Law

The report identifies five broad categories of opportunities for Loiter and East Cleveland residents to make use of existing infrastructure and resources to develop and sell marketable food products: community-based agriculture, beekeeping and insect farming, home food preparation, the use of school kitchens for food preparation and processing, and community composting. [...] The grants award between $50,000 and $300,000.27 Planning grants are awarded to projects that start or expand the efforts in areas of food access, education, agricultural business and farming startups, the development of policies and zones to support agriculture, and other ventures related to the urban production of food.28 The projects must involve stakeholders including, but not limited to citiz. [...] To receive a license from the county, a retail food establishment or a food service operation must submit an application that includes a floor plan detailing where food is prepared, the location of sinks and bathrooms, entrances and exits, and capacity, among other things.106 The business must also provide lists of the foods served and equipment used.107 Additionally, the business must pay a licen. [...] This could happen by broadening the bed and breakfast exception in the Ohio Food Code to allow for more guests to be served (for example, Ohio’s law allows six guest bedrooms and service to up to 16 guests, whereas the FDA model Food Code allows for six guest bedrooms and service of up to 18 guests), or allowing the sale of a certain number of additional meals from the bed and breakfast to be cons. [...] 336A.06 Keeping of Farm Animals and Bees The keeping of farm animals and bees in a UAO District shall be governed by the following regulations, as well as the regulations of Section 347.02 and the regulations of Section 205.04 regarding licensing and applicable state and federal law.