food justice

Report: activists secure public contracts to advance food justice

Food activists released an extensive report on Tuesday showing how reforms in the public food procurement process — from schools to hospitals to municipal governments — could shift the nation's food system and advance food justice policies. The extensive report from the Food Chain Workers Alliance and the HEAL Food Alliance assessed the results of their Good Food Purchasing Program, an ambitious effort by a scrappy network that has helped secure more than $540 million in public contracts. No paywall