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#VoicesoftheFoodChain #PowerofProcurement

MISSION 2 The Los Angeles Food Policy Council is a collective impact organization, working to make Southern California a Good Food region for everyone.

Understanding the Los Angeles Food System

Voices of the Food Chain through Data The Food System Snapshot The Los Angeles Food Policy Council Food System Workers

“voting with your

Local. Sustainable. Fair. Healthy. Humane. Photo credit: LA Times 2014

HEALTH American Diabetes Association American Heart Association California Food Policy Advocates Community Health Councils Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Healthy School Food Coalition Volunteers of America of Greater Los Angeles Parents from Roosevelt HS AGRICULTURE California Produce Wholesalers Coosemans LA Shipping Gold Star Produce Food Commons LA Specialty Fresco Community Market Fresh Point Southern California McGrath Family Farms Swanton Berry Farm Roots of Change West Central Produce ENVIRONMENT ASPCA Center for Ecoliteracy Center for Food Safety Compassion Over Killing Environmental Working Group Natural Resources Defense Council Organic Consumers Association Urban & Environmental Policy Institute LABOR Change to Win Food Chain Workers Alliance Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy Restaurant Opportunities Center – LA SEIU Local 99 Teamsters Local 572 UFCW Local 770 UNITE HERE Local 11 UTLA Warehouse Workers United

LAUSD Serves 650,000 meals/day and 109 million meals/year; Food Budget $64.9 million/year

City of Los Angeles Total: City of LA serves approx million meals/year with a food budget $6.7 million/year Department of Aging: 1.6 Million meals/year Food Budget: $1.1 million /year LAX: 30 Million meals/year Convention Center: 750k meals/year; Food Budget: $3.74 million /year Department of Water & Power: 182k meals/year; Food Budget: $220k/year Harbor/The Port: over 36 thousand meals/year; Food Budget is $73 thousand/year Police Department: Food Budget: $565k/year Department of Recreation & Parks: 2 million meals/year & 5500 meals/day during Summer Lunch Program; Food Budget: $983k/year (excluding SNL)

Los Angeles County TOTAL: LA County serves approx. 38 million meals/year Fire Department: 91k meals/year Internal Services Department Probations: 4 Million meals/year Public Works: 128k meals/year Sheriffs Department: 27million meals/year; Food Budget ~$75million Beaches and Harbor: 166k meals and snacks/year Community and Senior Services: 2.3 Million meals/year Community Development Commission: 24k meals/year Children and Family Services: 29k meals/year Chief Executive Office: 2 million meals and snacks/year Parks and Recreation: 573k meals and snacks/year Health Services: 1.5 Million meals/year

Anna Lappé Founder of Real Food Media Co-Founder of Small Planet Institute

Good Food Purchasing Policy (link)(link)

Pair Share Activity Question: “What are ways institutional food policies, like GFPP, can improve our food system?

Thank you! #VoicesoftheFoodChain #PowerofProcurement