How we are buying our food sustainably
We have been examining the way in which we buy our food, particularly for school meals. We have been working on improving the way food is bought by different areas of the council and are aiming to increase the efficiency between grower and eater.
National Procurement Strategy for Local Government
The council wanted to link some of its wider policy objectives with the aims of its food procurement, in line with the National Procurement Strategy for Local Government and the Public Sector Food Procurement Initiative (PSFPI). (Please follow link on this page to find out more).
In particular, the council wanted to consider whether it was possible to help to deliver some of its rural regeneration, economic development and climate change policies through its procurement activities.
For more information on the different projects we are involved with please follow the links on this page to Food in Schools or the Increasing Efficiency from Grower to Eater project.