Considering tradeoffs in “local” food policies: examples from school feeding programmes

City, national, and multinational governments are increasingly leveraging nutrition programme spending, specifically pursuing policies that require or incentive “local” procurement, to meet a myriad of goals. However, these policies involve tradeoffs that are often not fully considered by government...

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Main Authors: Becca B. R. Jablonski, Paul Milbourne, Siobhan Maderson, Kevin Morgan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Nutrition
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2023.1242493/full
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description City, national, and multinational governments are increasingly leveraging nutrition programme spending, specifically pursuing policies that require or incentive “local” procurement, to meet a myriad of goals. However, these policies involve tradeoffs that are often not fully considered by government officials, planners, and advocates. This perspective article provides some examples of those tradeoffs from the peer-reviewed literature, which, we argue, are useful to consider in setting school feeding programme policies to achieve sustainability goals.
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spellingShingle Becca B. R. Jablonski
Paul Milbourne
Siobhan Maderson
Kevin Morgan
Considering tradeoffs in “local” food policies: examples from school feeding programmes
Frontiers in Nutrition
food policy
sustainable development goals
public food procurement
farm to school
local food
title Considering tradeoffs in “local” food policies: examples from school feeding programmes
title_full Considering tradeoffs in “local” food policies: examples from school feeding programmes
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title_full_unstemmed Considering tradeoffs in “local” food policies: examples from school feeding programmes
title_short Considering tradeoffs in “local” food policies: examples from school feeding programmes
title_sort considering tradeoffs in local food policies examples from school feeding programmes
topic food policy
sustainable development goals
public food procurement
farm to school
local food
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