With support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, ICMA and the Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems conducted a 2015 survey of local government activity around food systems. The survey sought to understand how local government policies, programs, plans, and other activities support food production, processing, distribution, access, or disposal. Over 2,200 local governments responded to this survey. 

Organized according to the nine geographic divisions as defined by the US Census Bureau, this series of profiles: 
- Summarizes state-level food systems survey data 
- Provides complementary statistics from secondary data sources on community health and security, production and infrastructure, and economic development 
- Highlights local food activities supported by municipalities and counties across the country. 

The link for each regional profile can be accessed below: 

• East North Central
• East South Central
• Middle Atlantic
• Mountain
• New England
• Pacific
• South Atlantic
• West North Central
• West South Central

Recommended citation: Goddeeris, L., Oztekin-Gunaydin, B., Newton, J. & Bingham, R. (2018). Local Governments and Local Food Systems: Regional Profile Series. Retrieved from: www.icma.org/food-system-profiles.