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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 on Social Innovation, through its internal procedure reviewed, and now recommends, the adoption of a Good Food Purchasing Policy; and
WHEREAS, The Cook County Commission on Social Innovation found that sustainable food is ecologically sound, economically viable, and socially responsible; and
WHEREAS, The Cook County Commission on Social Innovation found that the health and well-being of residents can be supported by the creation of a sustainable local food system; and
WHEREAS, Good Food is defined by GFPP as food that is healthy, local, fair, sustainable and humane, with foods that meet the dietary guidelines for Americans, provide freedom from chronic ailment and are delicious and safe, and where participating food suppliers are evaluated and held accountable for ensuring fair compensation and fair treatment of their workers, and that those workers are free of exploitation, and where Good Fo...
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