The Good Food Purchasing Program is a coordinated, nationally networked initiative that harnesses the power of procurement to create a transparent and equitable food system, which prioritizes the health and well-being of people, animals, and [...]
The Center for Good Food Purchasing was created in 2015 as the home for the Good Food Purchasing Program. The Center works closely with national partners, local food policy councils and grassroots coalitions, food service [...]
Learn about the Good Food Purchasing values in the Values section of our website.
While many procurement policies and initiatives focus on local or sustainable purchasing, the Good Food Purchasing Program sets a baseline standard in each of the five value categories to ensure that Good Food purchasing decisions [...]
Institutions commit to: Meet targets in each value category, including Equity, Accountability, and Transparency, as outlined in the Good Food Purchasing Standards. Establish supply chain transparency to the farm of origin that enables the commitment [...]
A Good Food Purchasing Policy is an expression of an institution's values and a formal commitment to leverage its purchasing power to support local economies, nutrition, a valued workforce, environmental sustainability, and animal welfare. Once [...]
When an institution adopts the Policy, it applies only to the adopting institution. For example, when the City of Los Angeles adopted the Good Food Purchasing Policy in 2012, it applied only to the City [...]
The Good Food Purchasing Program is aspirational, in that it rewards progress and recognizes that change takes time. When a local city adopts the Policy, it includes ongoing monitoring of Good Food purchases and provides [...]
Learn more about success and impacts on our Success page.
Not necessarily. Evidence from Los Angeles Unified School District shows that institutions can improve food quality, without increasing costs and in some cases, actually decreasing costs through simple changes to their purchasing decisions. Some food [...]
Program participation requires an investment in time for the institutions and Center for Good Food Purchasing staff. The Center for Good Food Purchasing will work with each institution to estimate the amount of time anticipated [...]
LOCAL COALITIONS/FOOD POLICY COUNCILS: Local coalitions play critical roles in the adoption and implementation process. These coalitions are organized into a network as part of the Good Food Purchasing Program, which provides opportunity for shared [...]
