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Good Food in Schools Initiative
Overview
• Goals
• The Issue
• Community Organizing
• Research
• Policy and Advocacy
Goals
Long Term Organizational Goal:
Get Good Food in Schools. WE ACT defines Good Food as healthy, fresh, safe food prepared in schools that kids eat and parents support.
Mid Term Policy Goal: Get geographic preference in NYC
Department of Education request for proposals for food
purchases. Midterm Organizing Goal: Build a base of 60 parents
through our school food trainings
THEY DON’T WANT YOU TO KNOW THEIR FOOD COMES FROM FACTORS IN CHINA.
Community Organizing
Parent School Food Trainings
West Harlem: PS 161
Washington Heights: MS 326 and MS 328
East Harlem: CPEII and PS 171
Research
• DOE Procurement
• Corporate Supply Chain for NYC school food
• Ingredients of school food
• Parent and school food service manager’s attitudes and beliefs about school food
Policy Research • Procurement
– NYS Education law gives the Chancellor the power to develop the procurement policies for the DOE
– NYS Education Law also gives the mayor the power the hire and fire the chancellor
DOE Food Contract Outside of NYS $$ Amount
J & J SNACK FOODS CORP. $1,022,017.59
HIGH LINER FOODS INC $6,271,805.22
KELLOGG SALES COMPANY $4,096,169.58
HANOVER FOODS $3,858,570.75
COMFORT CREEK FOODS LLC $13,332,837.83
MICHAEL FOODS $1,076,218.00
ECHO LAKE FOODS INC. $1,686,303.36
MALT-O-MEAL COMPANY $1,925,475.93
PILGRIMS PRIDE CORP $4,719,627.00
DON LEE FARMS $6,712,647.24
DRISCOLL FOODS $16,240,291.00
DRISCOLL FOODS $10,816,550.00
Total # $71,758,513.50
DOE Food Contract Inside NYS $$ Amount
LINDEN COOKIES, INC. $4,967,174.10
GOLDEN KRUST CARIBBEAN BAKERY $2,340,768.60
MARA MOUNT CORPORATION $13,320,452.00
CHEF'S CHOICE FOOD DISTRIBUTION $3,551,261.00
Total # $24,179,655.70
Policy and Advocacy • Goal: Get geographic preference in request
for bids in DOE food procurement contracts to localize the NYC school food system– Will help improve quality of school food by eliminating
the distance it travels from farm to cafeteria
– Help build the local economy by getting contracts for local and regional growers, manufacturers, and distributors
– Not a very controversial issue as federal law already permits the use of geographic preference and the Office of School Food has began using it.
NYC School Food Supply Chain Research
• 3 Distributors Contracts– Driscoll: NJ– Maramont: NYC– Chef’s Choice: NYC
• Distributors have contracts with manufacturers • 12 Direct Food Manicures Contracts • Manufacturers are located all over the United
States and the World.
Policy and Advocacy
• Target(s)– Chancellor – Mayor
• Strategy – Multi Sector Coalition
