Making Local Food a Reality: Procurement & Policy Opportunities for the Bay Area

Bay Localize hosts an exciting local event. Join Bay Area policy makers, local government staff, and institutional procurement experts at Making Local Food a Reality: Procurement & Policy Opportunities for the Bay Area, an educational forum on practical models for increasing access to healthy local food while decreasing greenhouse gas emissions. Lunch will be served and the event will close with a food and drink tasting reception.

Tuesday, November 18 at Mills College in Oakland.
For more information contact Ingrid Severson, 510-834-0420. 

This event will:

• Showcase best practices in local sourcing policies for institutions in private and public sector around the Bay Area.  
• Highlight resources to help food policy development, including non-profits, consultants, and local food distribution entities.
• Inspire action to move broad interest from Local Food Month in to tangible action-oriented policies. 
• Facilitate focused conversation about county-specific opportunities.

Sponsored by Bay Localize, California Food and Justice Coalition, Community Alliance With Family Farmers, and the HOPE Collaborative, and ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA.