The document outlines a 11 month program that mentored a cohort of public institution food purchasers starting in 2014. The program aims to use the large buying power of public institutions to support local sustainable food systems by cultivating champions of sustainable food purchasing. It does this through a mentorship program that builds a community of practice to help the cohort discover how sustainable purchasing fits their facilities' priorities and guides them through 2015. The document was written by Hayley Lapalme, the Program Designer/Facilitator of the initiative.

1. Hayley Lapalme
Program Designer/Facilitator

2. • 11 month program.
• All cohort mentees started tracking local food in spring 2014.
• All cohort mentees are committed to mentoring through 2015.
Program Theory
We are cultivating champions of sustainable food purchasing in public institutions who use
public dollars for the public good. The program leverages the $750 million dollar buying
power of the public sector to support the development of local sustainable food systems.
We use mentorship to build a community of practice and to guide the cohort to discover
how sustainable purchasing fits with their facilitiesʼ priorities.

3. The 2014 Cohort

5. Program Value Metrics

6. Moving Forward

7. Hayley Lapalme
(647) 470-5389
hayley@mysuscan.org
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