Sandra Hamilton

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National Initiative – 8 projectsThe 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 BrunswickSchool Board

• Nova Scotia Health Care Purchasing LtdSustainable seafood

• Équiterre, (CSSS)de la Pointe de l’Île, QC (LTC & School Board)

The Good

Social Public Procurement

Farm to Institution Direct

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

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

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.

“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

Sept 2014 Sodexo: Goes local in Vermont

In 2013

Sodexo

spent

$16.2

Million

in Vermont

Up

15 percent

Denmark: 60% Organic in Public Institutions by 2020

Concordia University 75% Local Food in RFP

The Bad

Rebates happen

Group Purchasing Contracts

The Ugly

Inglorious Foods in Institutions - Reduce Food Waste

Thank you: FEED Comox Valley