Public food procurement for sustainable food systems and healthy diets - Volume 2

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“…Food procurement has the potential to contribute to the different dimensions of sustainability, from socio-economic welfare to environmental security (Sonnino, 2009). Therefore, the involvement of different public institutions in promoting the development of policy instruments is widely recognized as game -changer (Swensson et al 2021;FAO, 2021) Public universities, where research activity in and concern about sustainability intersects with large food procurement budgets, can thus play an important role in this endeavour. Many universities worldwide (i.e.…”

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Can public food procurement drive agroecological transitions? Pathways and barriers to sustainable food procurement in higher education institutions in Spain

Cruz,

Hewitt,

Hernández-Jiménez

2023

Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems

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Public procurement can help drive a transition to a more sustainable food system based on local agroecological production. In countries with large public education systems, school and university canteen services can play a significant role by virtue of their enormous centralised purchasing power. In this study, we investigate the potential and feasibility of implementing an enduring transformation to a sustainable food procurement model in public higher education institutions based on agroecological principles for the case of Spain. To address our research questions, we employed participatory workshops and a questionnaire survey (1,058 respondents) to analyse perceptions and priorities around sustainable food practices on campus of the university community across three Spanish public universities. Workshop participants proposed and prioritised interventions aimed at improving the sustainability of on-campus food services. Some recommendations for action for policy makers are detailed in the Discussion section, as key actors in this process. Pathways towards a future transition to more sustainable practices included the importance of food services to the university community, the high level of understanding of food system impacts and demand for change from consumers on university campuses, the universities' commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the potential of university networks as a powerful agent of social change and social innovation.

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Can public food procurement drive agroecological transitions? Pathways and barriers to sustainable food procurement in higher education institutions in Spain

Cruz,

Hewitt,

Hernández-Jiménez

2023

Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems

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Motivations of Public Officials as Drivers of Transition to Sustainable School Food Provisioning: Insights from Avignon, France

Sanz

Cardona

Napoléone

2022

J Agric Environ Ethics

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A large body of experience and expertise on the implementation of sustainable public school food procurement policies has developed in recent years. However, there has been little investigation of the values and motivations of the public officials implementing the policies. To address this gap, we examine how the city of Avignon (France) took a step toward transition to local fresh food procurement for public schools, under French government calls for sustainable food products in public canteens. Our analysis combines the Multi-Level Perspective (MLP) on sustainable transitions with the Public Service Motivation construct. Unlike other studies addressing the MLP at a macro level, we focus on individual motivations behind public action. We demonstrate that staff motivations have a major impact on how policies supporting transition to local fresh food procurement for public schools are implemented. These public officials' approach to food shows concern for the public interest regardless of financial return. It is not the rational choice (utilitarian or monetary rewards) that primarily drives the implementation of urban food policies, but normative conformity (equity, education, fairness) and affective bonding (health, environmental convictions). Interestingly, we conclude that the success of Avignon's politically-driven school food procurement policy is essentially due to the catering and procurement staff who overcame the barriers to its implementation.

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Best practices for making the university campus a supportive environment for healthy and sustainable diets

Franchini

Biasini

Rosi

et al. 2023

Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health

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Public food procurement for sustainable food systems and healthy diets - Volume 2

Cited by 4 publications

References 95 publications

Can public food procurement drive agroecological transitions? Pathways and barriers to sustainable food procurement in higher education institutions in Spain

Can public food procurement drive agroecological transitions? Pathways and barriers to sustainable food procurement in higher education institutions in Spain

Motivations of Public Officials as Drivers of Transition to Sustainable School Food Provisioning: Insights from Avignon, France

Best practices for making the university campus a supportive environment for healthy and sustainable diets

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