Public Sector Food Procurement Initiative (PSFPI)
Associated with Government initiatives to raise health and nutritional standards

Aims: 'To procure food in a manner that promotes sustainable development and removes barriers to small and local suppliers'

Objectives: To raise farming standards, encourage more tenders from small local producers, demand healthy food, reduce environmental impacts and remove barriers to supply.

Outcomes: These include more demand for assured and organic food; improved choice for ethnic minorities; reduced waste; and better working conditions for catering staff.

For schools, the PSFPI provides:

• Material for raising awareness, guidance on procuring more sustainable food and tools such as the Catering and Food Procurement Toolkit
• Case studies to promote best practice

How to do it:

Read the leaflet Unlockinig opportunities: lifting the lid on public sector food procurement

Visit the PSFPI website