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)
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
Community Benefit Clauses – Prescriptive or Descriptive
Overcoming the myths about Farm Direct Supply Chains & Trade Agreements. Security of Demand
Recognising that there are bigger factors at play.
So that is the good news
Municipalities have to ensure that prototype language is included in all contracts to ensure that rebates flow back to the public purse
GPO’s preclude small scale producers from bidding on public sector contracts and consolidate supply chains with distant industrial producers, often in low cost labour markets.
I am interested in leveraging the tax dollars that we are spending anyway, to Re-localize the food system and re-vitalize rural economies. I think Social Public Procurement is being used effectively in other jurisdictions to drive change.