The diversity of the 64 food policy initiatives groups, as well as affecting the environment, the appears to be a function of local political and economy, the fabric of society, and the health of organizational conditions, including the scale the population, and ultimately consumers. [...] We do, regulatory pluralism though, provide some preliminary ideas on what •. to create opportunities for sectors in the food makes food policy initiatives successful and close system to collaborate across the full range of with some questions and recommendations for sectors (silos) and rural/urban divides municipal governments, the food system actors, •. to analyze, influence, and create policy a [...] This diagram illustrates the links between core municipal activities and a wide variety of food system actions and people, reflecting how actions by one group in the system affect other groups, as well as affecting the environment, the economy, the fabric of society, the health of the population, and ultimately, consumers. [...] At in the academic literature and are widely the same time, Metro Vancouver (the regional level viewed as a preferred structure for a food of government) has developed and adopted a food policy organization because of the way they strategy and is reviewing regulations to make sure they support local food production and procurement. [...] In summary, the diversity of the 64 food policy initiatives captured in this assessment appears to be a function of local political and organizational conditions, including the scale and geography of the region and the current realities of poverty and food system function.