May 2018

Chicago is Leading the Way Toward a Good Food Future

2025-11-09T08:26:46+00:00

Chicago is Leading the Way Toward a Good Food Future Kristine Sherred Civil Eats When Leslie Fowler asked America’s largest chicken producers to increase their supply of antibiotic-free poultry, they [...]

Chicago is Leading the Way Toward a Good Food Future2025-11-09T08:26:46+00:00

Idea We Should Steal: Buying Better Food

2025-11-09T08:29:26+00:00

Idea We Should Steal: Buying Better Food Jill Harkins The Philadelphia Citizen The LA-based Center for Good Food Purchasing helps districts and governments lead the way in buying healthy food. [...]

Idea We Should Steal: Buying Better Food2025-11-09T08:29:26+00:00

April 2018

March 2018

How Cities are Improving Animal Welfare in our Food System

2025-11-09T08:28:55+00:00

How Cities are Improving Animal Welfare in our Food System Leah Galitzdorfer CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute The nomination of our nation’s new Secretary of Agriculture is imminent—likely to occur over [...]

How Cities are Improving Animal Welfare in our Food System2025-11-09T08:28:55+00:00

February 2018

Lunchroom Leadership in Boulder Valley: First ever 5-star rating awarded

2025-11-09T08:30:10+00:00

The results are in! We have been busy at the Center crunching the numbers for Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) School Food Project to analyze their baseline purchasing practices. We expected to see an impressive [...]

Lunchroom Leadership in Boulder Valley: First ever 5-star rating awarded2025-11-09T08:30:10+00:00

October 2017

Chicago Food Policy Action Council secures Good Food Purchasing Program for City of Chicago

2025-11-09T08:26:39+00:00

NEWS ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 11, 2017 CONTACT: Rodger Cooley Chicago Food Policy Action Council cfpacinfo@gmail.com 773-354-2091 Colleen McKinney Center for Good Food Purchasing cmckinney@goodfoodpurchasing.org 206-920-0945 Chicago Food Policy Action Council secures Good Food [...]

Chicago Food Policy Action Council secures Good Food Purchasing Program for City of Chicago2025-11-09T08:26:39+00:00

August 2017

Farm-to-School Movement Fights for a Foothold in Corn Belt Cafeterias

2025-11-09T08:28:02+00:00

Farm-to-School Movement Fights for a Foothold in Corn Belt Cafeterias Emeline Posner In These Times As the movement for a local and ethical food system continues to gain traction, school [...]

Farm-to-School Movement Fights for a Foothold in Corn Belt Cafeterias2025-11-09T08:28:02+00:00

June 2017

Chicago Public School Board Votes to Adopt Good Food Purchasing Policy

2025-11-09T08:26:53+00:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jose Oliva, 773.612.2559  Rodger Cooley, 773.354.2091, cfpacinfo@gmail.com   CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD VOTES TO ADOPT GOOD FOOD PURCHASING POLICY The fourth school district in the country to adopt such a policy, [...]

Chicago Public School Board Votes to Adopt Good Food Purchasing Policy2025-11-09T08:26:53+00:00

April 2017

Chicken nearly disappeared from L.A. school lunches. Now, it’s making a comeback

2025-11-09T08:26:59+00:00

Chicken nearly disappeared from L.A. school lunches. Now, it's making a comeback Howard Blume L.A. Times For more than a year, one of the foods Los Angeles students like best has been all but [...]

Chicken nearly disappeared from L.A. school lunches. Now, it’s making a comeback2025-11-09T08:26:59+00:00

March 2017

Less Meat, Better Food, Happier Kids: Oakland Unified Reinvents its School Lunch

2025-11-09T08:30:01+00:00

Less Meat, Better Food, Happier Kids: Oakland Unified Reinvents its School Lunch Kristine Wong Civil Eats Emphasizing higher-quality meat and plant-based proteins has helped the California school district reduce its school lunches' carbon [...]

Less Meat, Better Food, Happier Kids: Oakland Unified Reinvents its School Lunch2025-11-09T08:30:01+00:00

January 2017

School Food Director Embraces Buying Power, Diversity to Improve Menus

2025-11-09T18:22:13+00:00

School Food Director Embraces Buying Power, Diversity to Improve Menus Addie Broyles My Statesman One rainy day last fall, Anneliese Tanner scrolled through photos of sweet potatoes on her phone. The managers at some [...]

School Food Director Embraces Buying Power, Diversity to Improve Menus2025-11-09T18:22:13+00:00
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