Local Food Policy Grant ($20,000) for food procurement and recovery

Order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) in the form of a grant, Local Food Policy Grant, awarded by MA Department of Agricultural Resources to be administered by the Office of Food Justice. The grant would fund a food working group of Boston-based anchor institutions with Boston Public Schools to build shared commitment to values-based food purchasing, food recovery, develop a baseline of procurement data, and develop a process to track shared food purchasing metrics and goals.