External Resources Index
Explore external tools, research, and references that support values-based procurement work.
Tools for
Values
Citizenship and Social Impact: Society Holds the Mirror, Deloitte (Mar. 28, 2018)
External LinkClimate and ESG Risks and Opportunities, SEC
External LinkClimate-Smart Agriculture, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
External LinkConservation Agriculture, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
External LinkConsumers’ Concerns and Perceptions of Farm Animal Welfare, Animals (Basel) 385 (Feb. 2020)
External LinkCreating a Local & Values-Based Purchasing Action Plan, Vermont Feed
External LinkEquitable Harvest and the Black Farmers Initiative, Stanford University Residential & Dining Enterprises
External LinkFair Food Program 2021, Fair Food
External LinkFarms Fund, The Conservation Fund
External LinkFarms Under Threat: The State of the States, American Farmland Trust (2020)
External LinkFood Safety Charts, Food Safety
External LinkFood System Resilience: A Planning Guide for Food System Resilience, Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future
External LinkFood Systems Delivering Better Health: Executive Summary, World Health Organization
External LinkFood, Fuel, and Freeways, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture (2001)
External LinkFuture Friendly Farming: Seven Agricultural Practices to Sustain People and the Environment, National Wildlife Federation
External LinkHarnessing the Power of Procurement: Issues, Considerations and Best Practices to Advance Equity in the Contracting of Public Goods and Services, In the Public Interest & Local Progress Impact Lab (July 2023)
External LinkHarvesting Opportunity: The Power of Regional Food System Investments to Transform Communities, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (2017)
External LinkHEAL Platform for Real Food, HEAL Food Alliance
External LinkHealth Benefits of Eating Locally, UNH Extension
External LinkHow Food May Improve Your Mood, New York Times (Dec. 21, 2021)
External LinkHow to Build More Secure, Resilient, Next-gen U.S. Supply Chains, Brookings (Dec. 3, 2020)
External LinkHow to Make Sure Food is Available in a Crisis, Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (Aug. 2023)
External LinkIncorporating Workers’ Values Into Local Food Procurement, Video, Farm to Institution New England
External LinkInvesting in Communities and Workers, U.S. Department of Commerce
External LinkPublic Institutions Network (aka VBP Learning Network)
Made up of public officials from around the country, this network of leaders support each other to implement values-based food purchasing policies in their hospitals, schools, correctional facilities, senior centers and other food program sites. The network has guided, informed and tested the tools and approaches that make up this toolkit. Founded by the ID Food Systems Action Lab, the VBP Learning Network is now hosted by Partners for Public Good.