The Good Food Purchasing Program is a coordinated local-national 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 [...]
The Center for Good Food Purchasing was created in 2015 to guide the national expansion of the Good Food Purchasing Program, which was developed and tested in Los Angeles in 2012. The Center works closely [...]
The five values are local economies, nutrition, a valued workforce, environmental sustainability and animal welfare. In most of the value categories, the Standards are based on nationally recognized third party certifications and product labels, such [...]
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 four things when they adopt a local Good Food Purchasing Policy: Meet at least the baseline standard in each of the five value categories, as outlined in the Good Food Purchasing Standards. [...]
The 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 [...]
Since implementation in 2012, Los Angeles Unified School District’s commitment to the Good Food Purchasing Program has demonstrated promising supply chain impacts. For the over 600,000 students the District serves, the following impacts were found: [...]
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 [...]
