Food in public institutions

Introduction

Explore under Goal 1 Canadian content rules for private sector.  Explore Emergencies Act and CRTC and connect here to sustainable procurement.

Campbell 2023, https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/1178/1150

Production

Schools, colleges and universities

Ruetz and Smithers 2023. Scaling up ‘Local’ in School Food Programs: exploring intermediated farm-to-school procurement in Ontario. J. Rural and community development Vol. 18 No. 2 (2023): General Issue

Clinics, long-term care facilities and hospitals
Senior's facilities
Public and social housing, Tower Renewal
Prisons

Processing

Schools, colleges and universities
Clinics, long-term care facilities and hospitals
Senior's facilities
Public housing
Prisons

Distribution

Schools, colleges and universities
Clinics, long-term care facilities and hospitals
Senior's facilities
Public housing
Prisons

Waste

Schools, colleges and universities
Clinics, long-term care facilities and hospitals

Some US hospitals are claiming that reducing food waste allows the food bill of better food to be about the same.  The extra costs can come from additional costs for skilled chefs and sometimes capital costs for equipment changes.  Hospitals can receive bonuses for better food scores (Carman, 2023).

Senior's facilities
Public housing
Prisons

Efficiency

Substitution

De Schutter et al., 2019 have identified public - commons procurement, a concept and practice employed in Italy that challenges the public-private partnership model.

Redesign

Financing the transition