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Finding, Buying and Serving Local Foods - Using Specifications to Target Local Products

Length
0:44:17
Resource type
Webinars/Videos

In this webinar, the fifth in the series, we discuss how schools can purchase local products by using product specifications, vendor requirements and evaluation criteria. For example, schools can require that vendors offer farm visits or origin labeling, or a school might request a variety of product only grown in the nearby region.

webinar cover slide Introduction to Procurement
webinar cover slide Conducting a Local Procurement Baseline Assessment
webinar cover slide Finding Local Producers
webinar cover slide Using the Informal Procurement Method
webinar cover slide Using the Specifications, Requirements and Evaluation Criteria to Target Local Products
webinar cover slide Working with Distributors
webinar cover slide Using a Forward Contract
webinar cover slide Introduction to Geographic Preference
webinar cover slide Using Geographic Preference
webinar cover slide Using USDA Foods as Resource to Purchase Local
webinar cover slide Using DOD Fresh to Purchase Local
webinar cover slide Tying It All Together and Digging In
Page updated: August 09, 2022