<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Board of Commissioners of Cook County - File #: 18-1650</title><link>https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=3309826&amp;GUID=ED1C9BDF-90BD-4355-AB3C-AE1738EC6A38</link><description /><generator>Legistar</generator><ttl>15</ttl><atom:link href="https://cook-county.legistar.com/Feed.ashx?M=LD&amp;ID=3309826&amp;GUID=ED1C9BDF-90BD-4355-AB3C-AE1738EC6A38" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><item><title>Board of Commissioners of Cook County - File #: 18-1650</title><link>https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=3309826&amp;GUID=ED1C9BDF-90BD-4355-AB3C-AE1738EC6A38</link><guid isPermaLink="false">ED1C9BDF-90BD-4355-AB3C-AE1738EC6A38-2018-06-27-19-48-57</guid><description>Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION

PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE TO FILE 18-1650
(Health and Hospitals Committee 5/16/2018)

PROPOSED RESOLUTION

Sponsored By: JESUS G. GARCIA, JOHN A. FRITCHEY, STANLEY MOORE and RICHARD R. BOYKIN and LUIS ARROYO JR, JOHN P. DALEY, DENNIS DEER, BRIDGET GAINER, GREGG GOSLIN, SEAN M. MORRISON, TIMOTHY O. SCHNEIDER, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, LARRY SUFFREDIN and JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI, County Commissioners

TO ADOPT THE GOOD FOOD PURCHASING POLICY

WHEREAS, Cook County strives to improve the health of all its residents through services and policies that promote health and well-being; and  

WHEREAS, The Good Food Purchasing Program (GFPP) was developed in 2012 to encourage public institutions to procure food produced through values-driven purchasing standards and to support successful implementation through technical assistance and verification; and 

WHEREAS, The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) recommended the creation of sustainable local food systems in its Go To 2040 Comprehensive Regional Plan; and

WHEREAS, The Cook County Commission </description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2018 19:48:57 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>