Finding, Buying and Serving Local Foods Webinar Series
Posted by US Department of Agriculture on July 7, 2014
Finding, Buying and Serving Local Foods Webinar Series
From January through June, 2014, the USDA Farm to School Program hosted two webinars each month to showcase the variety of ways school districts can purchase local foods. See below for archived recordings and corresponding resources for each of the webinars.
- Introduction to Procurement
- Conducting a Local Procurement Baseline Assessment
- Finding Local Producers
- Using the Informal Procurement Method
- Using Specifications to Target Local Products
- Working with Distributors
- Using a Forward Contract
- Introduction to Geographic Preference
- Using Geographic Preference
- Using USDA Foods as Resource to Purchase Local
- Using DoD Fresh to Purchase Local
- Tying It All Together and Digging In
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