Center for Good Food Purchasing

So great to see Boston Public Schools, Anneliese Tanner, Boston Arts Academy, and Joe Czajkowski Farm celebrating #localfood wins with leaders like Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern! 🥦 Read more ➡ https://lnkd.in/eU_9X7Sf 🍎 See more (including some REALLY tasty-looking butternut squash) ➡ https://lnkd.in/e7WpJvGP

Today is #WorldFoodDay and a reminder that everyone deserves affordable access to healthy, nutrient-rich, safe, and delicious food. And to make this happen, we need to diversify our food and agriculture systems We are in Toronto, Canada with the Arrell Food Institute at the University of Guelph and FAO to discuss best practices and replicatable solutions. See Danielle Nierenberg's new column in Forbes showcasing some of the ideas being presented: https://lnkd.in/erkdiMH8. #WorldFoodDay2024

Incredible grant opportunity supporting #goodfood in communities. Community coalitions, this is a great opportunity for you!

📢 We're hiring! 📢 The Center for Good Food Purchasing is seeking a full-time Finance and Contracts Manager. This remote position supports essential business operations that enable our team to enact our mission, be responsible stewards of and maximize our resources, make financially-informed business decisions, and fulfill commitments to external parties and partners. For more info ➡ https://lnkd.in/eDJ_t5Fi To apply by Oct. 31 ➡ https://lnkd.in/eUgp7zJC

📢 We're hiring! 📢 The Center for Good Food Purchasing is seeking a full-time Finance and Contracts Manager. This remote position supports essential business operations that enable our team to enact our mission, be responsible stewards of and maximize our resources, make financially-informed business decisions, and fulfill commitments to external parties and partners. For more info ➡ https://lnkd.in/eDJ_t5Fi To apply by Oct. 31 ➡ https://lnkd.in/eUgp7zJC

Bravo, Minneapolis Public Schools, Bertrand Weber, and the amazing #schoolfood team and #Minnesota farmers who make inspiring #farmtoschool lunches like this possible!

📢 We're hiring! 📢 The Center for Good Food Purchasing is seeking a full-time Finance and Contracts Manager. This remote position supports essential business operations that enable our team to enact our mission, be responsible stewards of and maximize our resources, make financially-informed business decisions, and fulfill commitments to external parties and partners. For more info ➡ https://lnkd.in/eDJ_t5Fi To apply by Oct. 31 ➡ https://lnkd.in/eUgp7zJC

Food is a basic human necessity, and access to nutritious food is essential to people’s health and well-being. However, racial injustice embedded in the US food system causes economic, environmental, and health harm for many Americans — from farmers, producers, and distributors to restaurant workers, food retailers, and consumers. To support changemakers who wish to center racial equity in food systems research, policy, and action, our new resource Justice on the Menu: Legal & Policy Strategies to Address Structural Discrimination in the US Food System provides current and historical context, practical and legal considerations, a menu of policy choices, and community examples of policies in action. We hope that the guidance in this resource will foster new conversations, advocacy efforts, partnerships, and research to advance racial justice within our food system. Get Justice on the Menu: https://lnkd.in/gfvbACa8 #FoodJustice #RacialJustice #FoodSystems

"The Hawaii Farmers Union, which represents more than 800 farmers, ranchers and food producers statewide, announced Sunday that it will lobby legislators for a drastic increase to the state Department of Agriculture's $53.6 million budget over the next two years. "The agency currently receives 0.3% of the state budget, a number that the farmers union wants boosted to 3% by 2026. ... "The state's food system has to put the community first to securely reach its production goals, Center for Good Food Purchasing co-founder Paula Daniels said. "'We all need to shift our thinking. It costs too much to not buy local food,' Daniels said. 'There are too many positive benefits from a more local food system. There's job creation, economic diversification, value retention, better health outcomes, and a better environment.'" Read more ➡ https://lnkd.in/e4nGz4y5

During #FarmtoSchoolMonth, it's important to remember that at the center of farm-to-school programs are both farmers *and* school food workers. To expand farm-to-school initiatives, we must in tandem also expand training programs — like the Chef Ann Foundation’s Healthy School Food Pathway — for school food staff. Since 2020, and thanks to the First Partner of California Jennifer Siebel Newsom's vision for school food change, California has invested more than $100 million in the California Farm to School initiative. We recently hosted a panel discussion at Front Porch Farm, which supplies food to Healdsburg School District in California, to explore how supporting the school food workforce is foundational to successful farm-to-school initiatives. At this event, we were also excited to highlight Waverley Street Foundation's new investment in Chef Ann Foundation’s work. This support will expand two of our existing programs—Get Schools Cooking and Healthy School Food Pathway Fellowship—as well as launch a new values-aligned procurement initiative to help schools source more local and climate-smart ingredients from food producers. Ultimately, for schools to source more local products, school food staff need to have the knowledge, skills, and resources to work with whole ingredients and cook meals from scratch. This #FarmtoSchoolMonth, we’re looking forward to continuing to scale our school food workforce development programs and to exploring new ways to help schools procure more values-aligned, climate-smart ingredients. Priya David Clemens Nicholas Anicich Randal "RJ" Lane Nick Dramis Leigh Ann Bozung Muhamed Yasin Dace Krilova Kelsey P. Kat Soltanmorad, RDN Mt. Diablo Unified School District Santa Clara Unified School District Marysville Joint Unified School District Napa Valley Unified School District West Contra Costa Unified School District Calistoga Joint Unified School Tahoe Truckee Unified School District Live Oak School District HEALDSBURG UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Petaluma City Schools barbara jellison Karen Luna Brian Dufour, NDTR, MPH