Institutions as conscious food consumers: leveraging purchasing power to drive systems change

Content: Part I. The role of institutions in food systems change. Introduction: Institutions as conscious food consumers / Sapna E. Thottathil 
 Trends in the global food system and implications for institutional foodservice / Kristal Jones, Kimberly Pfeifer, Gina Castillo 
 Situating institutional foodservice in agro-food value chains: Overcoming market power and structure with values-based procurement / Annelies M. Goger --
Part II. Setting purchasing standards through policy. From foodservice management contracts to U.S. federal legislation: progress and barriers in values-based food procurement policies / Raychel E. Santo, Claire M. Fitch 
 The good food purchasing program: a policy tool for promoting supply chain transparency and food system change / Lindsey Day Farnsworth, Alexa Delwiche, Colleen McKinney 
 From navigating the regulatory environment to designing a good food supply for institutions: cases from Philadelphia / Jonathan Deutsch, Alexandra Zeitz, Benjamin Fulton, Brandy-Joe Milliron, Catherine Bartoli Part III. Creating shared identity using place-based connections. Making local sourcing standard practice: lessons from Michigan / Kathryn Colasanti, Colleen Matts, Kaitlin K. Wojciak 
 Farm to institution New England: mobilizing the power of a region’s institutions to transform a region’s food system / Nessa J. Richman, Peter H. Allison, Hannah R. Leighton 
 Montana’s Beef-to-School Project: making connections to enhance local agriculture / Carmen Byker Shanks, Thomas M. Bass, Joel B. Schumacher 
 Institutional markets supporting midsized farms: a case study of Iowa / Kranti Mulik --
Part IV. New directions for institutional foodservice. Sustainable food purchasing in the health care sector: from ideals to institutionalization / Kendra Klein, Jenna Newbrey, Emma Sirois 
 Bringing school foodservice staff back in: accounting for changes in workloads and mindsets in K-12 values-based procurement / Amy Rosenthal, Christine C. Caruso 
 Food banks as local food champions: how hunger relief agencies invest in local and regional food systems / Megan Bucknum, Deborah Bentzel 
 Plant proteins move to center-plate at colleges and universities / Kristie Middleton, Elise Littler.