Attachment B – Good Food Purchasing Policy

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GOOD FOOD PURCHASING PROGRAM Purchasing Standards for Food Service Institutions SEPTEMBER 2017 CENTER FOR GOOD FOOD PURCHASING STAFF EDITORS Alexa Delwiche, Co-Founder & Executive Director Colleen McKinney, Associate Director CENTER FOR GOOD FOOD PURCHASING GOVERNANCE BOARD Paula Daniels, Co-Founder, Senior Advisor & Chair of the Board, Center for Good Food Purchasing Allison Hagey, Counsel, BraunHagey & Borden LLP Nathalie Laidler-Kylander, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Joann Lo, Co-Director, Food Chain Workers Alliance Monte Roulier, Co-Founder & President, Community Initiatives Ricardo Salvador, Senior Scientist & Director, Food & Environment Program, Union of Concerned Scientists Chuck Savitt, Founder and Senior Counselor, Island Press Douglass Sims, Director of Strategy and Finance, Center for Market Innovation, Natural Resources Defense Council Wood Turner, Vice President, Agriculture Capital GRAPHIC DESIGN Christina Bronsing-Lazalde, Real Food Media 1 © 2017-2019 CENTER FOR GOOD FOOD PURCHASING “ GOVERNMENTS HAVE FEW SOURCES OF LEVERAGE OVER INCREASINGLY GLOBALIZED FOOD SYSTEMS, BUT PUBLIC PROCUREMENT IS ONE OF THEM. When sourcing food for schools, hospitals, and public administrations, governments have a rare opportunity to support more nutritious diets and more sustainable food systems in one fell swoop." OLIVIER DE SCHUTTER Former U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food (2014) 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Good Food Purchasing Standards for Food Service Institutions were made possible by the generous contributions of many individuals. The Center for Good Food Purchasing is grateful for the expertise and guidance of the following contributors and reviewers who participated in the update process for the Good Food Purchasing Standards, Version 2.0.