January 2024

Year-End Newsletter: Building a Values-Based Food System

2024-01-04T21:30:24+00:00

In 2023, the Center for Good Food Purchasing, alongside our extensive partnership network, supported 68 public institutions, which encompass thousands of individual cafeteria sites, food service operations, and public venues and serve over [...]

Year-End Newsletter: Building a Values-Based Food System2024-01-04T21:30:24+00:00

August 2023

Introducing Good Food Purchasing Program: Purchasing Standards 3.0

2023-08-02T04:19:25+00:00

Ten years since the first release of the Good Food Purchasing Standards for Food Service Institutions, we are pleased to present Version 3.0. We offer the Purchasing Standards as one tool to help [...]

Introducing Good Food Purchasing Program: Purchasing Standards 3.02023-08-02T04:19:25+00:00

October 2021

July 2021

The Health and Climate Consequences of the American Food System Cost Three Times as Much as the Food Itself

2021-07-16T18:29:46+00:00

The Health and Climate Consequences of the American Food System Cost Three Times as Much as the Food Itself Laura Reiley The Washington Post The true cost of food is [...]

The Health and Climate Consequences of the American Food System Cost Three Times as Much as the Food Itself2021-07-16T18:29:46+00:00

What Can the Biden Admin Do to Make Our Food System More Resilient? Make it More Local.

2021-07-18T03:30:43+00:00

What Can the Biden Admin Do to Make Our Food System More Resilient? Make it More Local. Ben Lilliston In These Times Editor’s Note: Writer Ben Lilliston is the director of [...]

What Can the Biden Admin Do to Make Our Food System More Resilient? Make it More Local.2021-07-18T03:30:43+00:00

June 2021

Memo: Food Procurement and Infrastructure

2021-07-18T03:09:45+00:00

Memo: Food Procurement and Infrastructure Chloe Waterman Friends of the Earth, Mackenzie Feldman Data For Progress, and Julian Kraus-Polk Other contributing groups: Center for Good Food Purchasing, Food Chain Workers Alliance, HEAL Food [...]

Memo: Food Procurement and Infrastructure2021-07-18T03:09:45+00:00

Not Just Junk: Why We Need To Re-Think Food Processing

2021-07-17T03:56:11+00:00

Not Just Junk: Why We Need To Re-Think Food Processing Errol Schweizer Forbes The Covid-19 pandemic shattered any illusions of a fair and resilient food system. While highly processed comfort and [...]

Not Just Junk: Why We Need To Re-Think Food Processing2021-07-17T03:56:11+00:00

May 2021

On Being Asian/American: Reflections & Resources

2021-05-12T18:56:20+00:00

On Being Asian/American: Reflections & Resources I want to offer words of inspiration, resiliency in this moment. But truthfully? I keep hearing the same thing, which echoes what I’m feeling—we are fearful, we [...]

On Being Asian/American: Reflections & Resources2021-05-12T18:56:20+00:00

April 2021

To Tackle Racial Injustice in City Contracting, Start with Food

2021-04-14T19:11:35+00:00

To Tackle Racial Injustice in City Contracting, Start with Food Michelle Wu and Sheldon Lloyd The Boston Globe Boston city councilor and mayoral candidate Michelle Wu and City Fresh Foods [...]

To Tackle Racial Injustice in City Contracting, Start with Food2021-04-14T19:11:35+00:00

March 2021

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