scholarly journals O26 Local Farmers and Food Procurement in Mississippi Delta Schools: Fertile Ground

2021 ◽  
Vol 53 (7) ◽  
pp. S12-S13
Author(s):  
Tameka Ivory Walls ◽  
Jessica Thomson ◽  
Alicia Landry
Keyword(s):  
Mississippi Delta ◽  
Fertile Ground ◽  
Food Procurement ◽  
Local Farmers

scholarly journals Opportunities for Partnership in Local Food Procurement: Mississippi Delta Schools

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. 90-90
Author(s):  
Tameka Walls ◽  
Jessica Thomson ◽  
Alicia Landry
Keyword(s):  
School Districts ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Mississippi Delta ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Food Service ◽  
School Food ◽  
Added Sugars ◽  
School Food Service ◽  
Agricultural Community ◽  
Food Procurement

Abstract Objectives Procuring food for school meals is costly in a region like the fertile MS Delta. Hence, efforts to procure foods locally may yield substantial benefits in terms of economic return to the area and positive impacts on children's diets. The objective of this study was to determine food procurement amounts in two Mississippi Delta school districts, one participating in the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) and illustrate potential economic impacts of purchasing local. Methods Procurement data from two Mississippi Delta school districts, academic years 2018–2019 and 2019–2020, were compiled and grouped into 8 food categories. The food categories were fruits, vegetables, grains, protein, dairy, added sugars, fats, and miscellaneous. Amounts of procured foods were converted to weight in pounds and cost in dollars. Results For the FFVP district, dairy accounted for the largest cost (34%) followed by protein (23%), grains (19%), fruits (13%), and vegetables (10%) in 2018–2019. In 2019–2020, grains accounted for the largest cost (26%) followed by fruit (20%), protein (19%), and vegetables (12%). For the non-FFVP district, protein accounted for the largest cost (25%) followed by grains (24%), dairy (18%), fruits (14%), and vegetables (14%) in 2018–2019. In 2019–2020, grains accounted for the largest cost (26%) followed by protein (24%), dairy (19%), fruits (16%), and vegetables (11%). Conclusions Although school districts purchase substantial amounts of dairy, grains, protein, fruits and vegetables, very little if any is procured locally. Encouraging school food service administrators to connect with and purchase foods from local farmers may provide an economic boost to the agricultural community and will facilitate serving fresh, nutrient rich foods, such as fruits and vegetables, to school children. Funding Sources This research was funded by the USDA Agricultural Research Service.

scholarly journals PUBLIC FOOD PROCUREMENT – THE SITUATION IN LATVIA

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inita KRIVAŠONOKA ◽  
Andra ZVIRBULE
Keyword(s):  
Local Food ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Income Source ◽  
Environmental Criteria ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Food Procurement ◽  
Other Information ◽  
Local Farmers

One of the most important medium-term tasks in Latvia is the promotion of production and consumption of local food through implementing measures aimed at increasing the market share of food products produced in Latvia in public procurement and consumption. The research aim is to examine the situation of public food procurement in Latvia and assess the changes of local products share in public food procurement. In Latvia, at the end of 2014, in response to Russia's embargo on the Latvian-produced food products and to promote local food consumption in the country was accepted new Regulations. These Regulations prescribe the requirements for public procurement using environmental criteria, and their application, as well as the applicable tender selection criteria for the food supply and catering contracts. This contributed an increase of the quantity of purchases where ZPP criteria were used, thereby also increased the share of local production. The purchase of food from local farmers positively affects local entrepreneurship, while providing a significant income source for the local farmers; in this way, the viability of many small local agricultural holdings is maintained. Research methods used: monographic, descriptive, analysis, synthesis, statistical analysis. The present research was performed based on the statistical data, research papers and other information sources.

Peasantry and Food Procurement in a Subsistence Village in Farwest Montane Chhetri Land of Nepal

1970 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keshav L Maharjan
Keyword(s):  
Food Procurement

Himalayan Journal of Sociology & Anthropology Vol.2 2005 No Abstract available 

Workhouse Populations of the Preston Union, 1841–61

2014 ◽  
pp. 33-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lewis Darwen
Keyword(s):  
Aggregate Level ◽  
Local Policy ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Poor Law ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Fertile Ground

The census enumerators' books (CEBs) have provided fertile ground for studies of workhouse populations in recent years, though it has been acknowledged that work remains to be done on different regions and periods to develop our understanding of these institutions and the paupers who resided therein. This article will examine the indoor pauper populations of the Preston union, in Lancashire, over three census years from 1841. The region, which is notable for a protracted campaign of resistance to the New Poor Law and its associated workhouse system, has been previously neglected in studies of workhouse populations focusing on the decades immediately after the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834. It will be shown that the profile of the union's workhouse populations broadly mirrors those found elsewhere at the aggregate level, but that important variations reflected local and central policy. A high concentration of able-bodied paupers—in particular—seems to indicate ideas governing local policy which were not carried out elsewhere.

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