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A Guide to Developing a Sustainable Food Purchasing Policy
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Examples: Purchasing Policies and Plans
Examples: Assessments and Progress Reports
Sustainable Food Purchasing Programs
Certifications & Ratings for Sustainability in Restaurants, Retail, & Food Service
Third Party Certifiers for Sustainability in Food and Agriculture
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Examples: Purchasing Policies and Plans
Municipal
City and County of San Francisco: SF Food
City of San Francisco Executive Directive: Healthy and Sustainable Food for San Francisco
Process Profile:
How the San Francisco Department of Health developed sustainable food purchasing policies (2007)
Woodbury County
Local Food Purchase Policy
Process Profile:
How Woodbury County developed sustainable food purchasing policies (2007)
Higher Education
Emory University: Sustainable Food Initiative
Emory University Sustainability Guidelines for Food Service Purchasing
Pomona College: Sustainability Action Plan
Portland State University Institute for Sustainable Solutions: Food Service
Sustainability Goals Attachment for PSU Food Services RFP
Sustainability requirements and benchmarks in PSU Food Services Contract
Process Profile:
How
Portland State University
developed sustainable food purchasing policies (2007)
University of California Sustainability Policy
Policy on Sustainable Practices
Process Profile:
How University of California Santa Crus developed sustainable food purchasing policies
Yale Sustainable Food Project
Purchasing Guidelines
Process Profile:
How Yale developed sustainable food purchasing policies
Retail
Open Harvest Natural Foods Cooperative Grocery
Co-op Purchasing Policy