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Download the following articles if you are interested to know more about public procurement. The documents/ reports provide a wide range of views/ opinions and challenges:

 

 

 

 

 

Background information

 

Sustainable Food Procurement - Why Organic matters. May 2008 This DVD explains the role of organic produce in public food procurement.

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Appetite for life action plan. November 2007. Follow the link

This Action Plan sets out the strategic direction and actions required to improve the nutritional standards of food and drink provided in schools in Wales. Its development has been informed by: responses to the consultation exercise (which includes children and young people’s views); lesson’s learnt from other parts of the UK; and detailed discussions with the Local Authority Caterers Association.

 

Welsh Demonstration meals. 2007. (Wrexham, Angelsey, Carmarthenshire, Welshpool, Bridgend and Llandysul) Follow the link

 

Growing the future conference report. March 2006 Follow the link

 

Market analysis of the food service sector in Powys. June 2007 Follow the link


Food for thought a new approach to public sector food procurement. April 2005
www.organic.aber.ac.uk/schoolsnet/casestudies/wpi2005.pdf

 

Appetite for Life consultation document. A review of the provision of food and drink in schools, June 2006 http://wales.gov.uk/docrepos/40382/4038232/403829/Consultations/2006/appetite-for-life-final-e.pdf?lang=en

 

DEFRA’s best practice in sustainable public sector food procurement. June 2006
http://www.localfood.org.uk/library/Defra-FLUK%20best%20practice%20final%20June%2006.pdf

 

Food for life project
A Food for Life Partnership led by the Soil Association, and contributions of the Focus on Food Campaign, Garden Organic and the Health Education Trust, focusses on improving school meals amongst other activities. For more information look at http://www.soilassociation.org/foodforlife

 

Welsh Food – a guide for events an hospitality providers http://www.wda.co.uk/resources/eventstoolkiteng.pdf

 

Getting more sustainable food into Londons’ hospitals: Can it be done. Sustain. Oktober 2005
http://www.sustainweb.org/pdf/hfp_lowres.pdf

 

Growing the future report 2005, 2006 and 2007
http://www.organic.aber.ac.uk/schoolsnet/

 

Northern Ireland – restructuring of public supplychain. 2007
http://www.organic.aber.ac.uk/schoolsnet/conf07/McAllister.ppt

 

Re-localising the food chain - the role of creative public procurement. Click here to download as PDF.

 

WDA Public Sector Food Purchasing Survey March 2006
http://www.wda.co.uk/resources/PublicSectorFoodPurchasingSurveymarch2006.doc

 

Eat better do better - A guide to the Government’s new food-based standards for school lunches. Sept 2007 http://www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk/UploadDocs/Library/Documents/School-food-trust.pdf

 

Bitesize, the quarterly newsletter for community food and physical activity initiatives. An update on the Nutrition Network for Wales http://www.nutritionnetworkwales.org.uk/

 

Case studies

 

Abel and Cole supplies 130+ schools

http://www.defra.gov.uk/farm/policy/sustain/procurement/casestudies/farmerschoice.htm

 

Co-operative organic links across Europe -Eostre Organics Ltd and East Anglia Food Links Eostre Organics Co-op

http://www.defra.gov.uk/farm/policy/sustain/procurement/casestudies/eafl.htm

 

Organic milk provision at Darlington Hospital

http://www.defra.gov.uk/farm/policy/sustain/procurement/casestudies/darlington.htm

 

Metcalfe organic carrots & School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme

coming soon

 

East Ayrshire County Council and organic fruit and vegetables for school meal service

coming soon

 

Carmarthenshire investigates use of organic fruit and vegetables for schoolmeal service

coming soon

 

Hospitals in Northern Ireland source organic milk and organic ice-cream

coming soon

 

E Ayrshire school survey report. June 2006 www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/07/27135746

 

Sustainable Public Procurement: Good Practice Case Studies in Wales, 2006 The Regeneration Institute / Welsh Local Government Association. Morgan, K and Morley A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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