GOOD FOOD COMMUNITIES

Frontline food workers make vital contributions to the food value chain. Good Food Communities is driving the transition to a food system that values its frontline workers in ways that reflect their vital contributions... Good Food Communities (GFC) provides a framework for grassroots coalitions to prioritize four equity outcomes in their policy and organizing efforts, and for participating public institutions to give preference to food vendors and suppliers with shared principles. It also provides pathways for institutions participating in the Good Food Purchasing Program to gain extra points and therefore improve their overall score in the Program based on equity goals... Good Food Communities provides a framework for participating institutions to award points to vendors and suppliers practicing principles of racial and gender equity, giving them preference and increasing their likelihood of winning institutional contracts.