Institutions as conscious food consumers leveraging purchasing power to drive systems change / edited by Sapna E. Thottathil, Annelies M. Goger.

Other author Thottathil, Sapna E., 1982-
Other author Goger, Annelies.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, [2019]
Descriptionxvii, 333 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from eBook - Agricultural, Biological, and Food Sciences 2019
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Portion of title Leveraging purchasing power to drive systems change
Contents Part I. The role of institutions in food systems change. Introduction: Institutions as conscious food consumers / Sapna E. Thottathil ; Trends in the global food system and implications for institutional foodservice / Kristal Jones, Kimberly Pfeifer, Gina Castillo ; Situating institutional foodservice in agro-food value chains: Overcoming market power and structure with values-based procurement / Annelies M. Goger -- Part II. Setting purchasing standards through policy. From foodservice management contracts to U.S. federal legislation: progress and barriers in values-based food procurement policies / Raychel E. Santo, Claire M. Fitch ; The good food purchasing program: a policy tool for promoting supply chain transparency and food system change / Lindsey Day Farnsworth, Alexa Delwiche, Colleen McKinney ; From navigating the regulatory environment to designing a good food supply for institutions: cases from Philadelphia / Jonathan Deutsch, Alexandra Zeitz, Benjamin Fulton, Brandy-Joe Milliron, Catherine Bartoli
Contents Part III. Creating shared identity using place-based connections. Making local sourcing standard practice: lessons from Michigan / Kathryn Colasanti, Colleen Matts, Kaitlin K. Wojciak ; Farm to institution New England: mobilizing the power of a region's institutions to transform a region's food system / Nessa J. Richman, Peter H. Allison, Hannah R. Leighton ; Montana's Beef-to-School Project: making connections to enhance local agriculture / Carmen Byker Shanks, Thomas M. Bass, Joel B. Schumacher ; Institutional markets supporting midsized farms: a case study of Iowa / Kranti Mulik -- Part IV. New directions for institutional foodservice. Sustainable food purchasing in the health care sector: from ideals to institutionalization / Kendra Klein, Jenna Newbrey, Emma Sirois ; Bringing school foodservice staff back in: accounting for changes in workloads and mindsets in K-12 values-based procurement / Amy Rosenthal, Christine C. Caruso ; Food banks as local food champions: how hunger relief agencies invest in local and regional food systems / Megan Bucknum, Deborah Bentzel ; Plant proteins move to center-plate at colleges and universities / Kristie Middleton, Elise Littler.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2018934047
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