“The aggregated demand that came out of Los Angeles is one thing, but when you can take that same demand and replicate a fairly similar demand in Austin, in San Francisco, in Oakland, in Minneapolis – all of the sudden the total power of that process is really a different ballgame.”

Edwin Marty, Food Policy Manager, City of Austin

STORIES & SUCCESSES

PROGRAM REACH

= ACTIVE CAMPAIGNS
= POLICY ADOPTIONS

POLICY ADOPTIONS

To date, the Good Food Purchasing Program has been adopted into policy in the following jurisdictions:

  • Los Angeles Unified School District (2012)
  • City of Los Angeles (2012)
  • San Francisco Unified School District (2016)
  • Oakland Unified School District (2016)
  • Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Park District, the City of Chicago (2017)
  • Cook County, Illinois (2018)
  • Washington DC Public Schools (2019)
  • Cincinnati Public Schools (2019)
  • City of Boston—includes Boston Public Schools (2019)
  • Austin Independent School District (2019)
  • Escondido Union School District (2020)
  • City and County of San Francisco (2020)
  • Alachua County (2020)
  • Pittsburgh Public Schools (2021)
  • New York City (2022)
  • City and County of Denver (2022)

Good Food Purchasing campaigns are active in these and many other cities.

Read More about Ongoing Regional Efforts

THE IMPACT HUB

The Good Food Impact Hub helps people explore the impacts of bringing good food policies to their cities and counties. By connecting the dots between our good food values, principles, and policies, users can see how shifting food purchases at their public institutions can help tackle some of our most urgent issues—including climate impact, labor practices, and public health.
If you are a policymaker, advocate, or institutional food leader, you can use the Impact Hub to calculate how food purchasing can impact your communities, environments, and health costs, and learn how these shifts can also benefit essential food workers, animal welfare, and advance equity. Then, you can find support to communicate these benefits to stakeholders and see real-life examples to get started on your own policies.
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