Summary
The resolution opens by giving an overview of the Good Food Purchasing Program (GFPP) and its baseline review of San Francisco’s procurement standards in hospitals and jails. This review judged procurement based on metrics for five broad values: Local Economies, Environmental Sustainability, Valued Workforce, Animal Welfare, and Nutrition. The values of Environmental Sustainability and Animal Welfare emphasize procurement that relies on fewer and smaller amounts of animal products, as well as “healthy and humane” standards for farmed animals that are used for food. The Nutrition value also stresses reducing red meat consumption. The specific goals for hospitals to comply with the standards include but are not limited to: procurement of meat derived from animals raised without routine use of preventative antibiotics, the implementation of Meatless Mondays, and decreasing the reliance upon meat (and to instead provide plant-based foods). Jails have similar requirements, but in some respects more ambitious ones: a 50% reduction in animal-based foods (from the baseline assessment) by 2024. The resolution closes by outlining reporting requirements for the Department of Health and the Sheriff’s Department and by setting a sunset date of five years after implementation.