British Columbia and abroad local food purchasing

1. Sandra Hamilton

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3. National Initiative – 8 projects
The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation
Increase the Supply of Local Food into Institutions
• North Island College
& Healthcare Institutions
• Vancouver
School Board
• Centre de santé et service
sociaux (CSSS) Sommet, QC
(LTC + Hospital)
• Edmonton,
Northlands, AB
• Concordia University
• New Brunswick
School Board
• Nova Scotia Health Care
Purchasing Ltd
Sustainable seafood
• Équiterre, (CSSS)
de la Pointe de l’Île, QC (LTC
& School Board)

4. The Good

5. Social Public Procurement

6. Farm to Institution Direct

7. 10 local family farms, supplied 67,000 lb’s
of green beans, pesticide-free strawberries, squash and root crops to
UCSF, San Francisco VA Medical Center and four other hospitals

8. Daily Mail: March 10th, 2014
UK Farming Minister George Eustice
Conservative MP and Former Tree Fruit Farmer
British food producers to get a 'proper shot‘ at public sector business
 Government is keen to boost farming and end reliance on foreign imports
 Scrap the rules that make cost most important in public-sector purchases
M.E.A.T Criteria
Most Economically
Advantageous Tender
“Start buying British Food”
Schools and Hospitals told

9. Brazil 2009
New law required 30%
of food purchased
by the federal government
for school meal programs,
MUST
come from small family farms.
Annual procurement $337 million
to 130,000 small family farms.

10. “Consumers
today are very
conscious of
the need to buy
Irish and
support local
producers”
Donal O’Brien,
Chief Executive of
Aramark Ireland
Aramark Ireland

11. Sept 2014 Sodexo:
Goes local in Vermont
In 2013
Sodexo
spent
$16.2
Million
in Vermont
Up
15 percent

12. Denmark: 60% Organic in
Public Institutions by 2020

13. Concordia University
75% Local Food in RFP

14. The Bad

15. Rebates happen

16. Group Purchasing Contracts

17. The Ugly

18. Inglorious Foods in Institutions - Reduce Food Waste

19. Thank you: FEED Comox Valley