To implement Good Food Purchasing Standards, DPH shall seek the following:
(a) Local Economies: To achieve baseline goals set forth in the 2019 DPH Good Food Purchasing Standard baseline report by January 1, 2021, through developing a Request for Proposals that reflects the Good Food Purchasing pillars, and awarding a contract to a local produce vendor, and sourcing at least 15% of food from very large family-owned producers (as defined by United States Department of Agriculture standards) within 250 miles. DPH shall actively pursue extra points towards baseline goals by planning to purchase at least 1% cumulatively of food from vendors that are Socially Disadvantaged, Beginning, Limited Resource, Veteran, or Disabled Farmers/Ranchers by January 1, 2022.
(b) Environmental Sustainability: To achieve baseline goals set forth in the 2019 DPH Good Food Purchasing Standard baseline report by January 1, 2022, by purchasing 100% of meat derived from animals raised without the routine use of medically important antimicrobial drugs for disease prevention purposes. DPH shall achieve a 4% carbon and water footprint reduction by January 1, 2021 and a 20% carbon and water footprint reduction by January 1, 2025. DPH shall take other measures to achieve environmental sustainability, including review and revision of menus (by January 1, 2021), implementation of Meatless Mondays (by January 1, 2021), eliminating use of disposable water bottles (by January 1, 2021), and optimizing waste recovery systems to reduce waste (by January 1, 2023).
(c) Valued Workforce: To achieve baseline goals set forth in the 2019 DPH Good Food Purchasing Standard baseline report by January 1, 2021, through encouraging all vendors to commit to full compliance with labor law and working to prevent labor law violations from occurring, for both Laguna Honda Hospital and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.
(d) Animal Welfare: To achieve baseline goals set forth in the 2019 DPH Good Food Purchasing Standard baseline report by January 1, 2023, through evaluating the menu for opportunities to decrease meat use (by January 1, 2021), purchasing 15% of total food purchases from animal welfare certified products (by January 1, 2023), and decreasing animal product purchase volume by 15% and replacing it with plant-based foods (by January 1, 2023).
(e) Nutrition: To achieve baseline goals set forth in the 2019 DPH Good Food Purchasing Standard baseline report by January 1, 2021, through offering free drinking water, conducting an analysis of products with regards to trans-fat and whole grains, and further refining nutrition goals specific to a safety net hospital setting.
(f) Additional actions to achieve the above goals include: development of a departmental sustainability policy to guide purchasing decisions; examination of opportunities for joint procurement for the two hospitals; development of specifications for the department’s dairy and eggs contracts to comply with Good Food Purchasing Standards; development of specifications for the department’s meat contracts to comply with Good Food Purchasing Standards; and education of vendors on Good Food Purchasing Standards.
(Added by Ord. 134-20, File No. 200244, App. 8/21/2020, Eff. 9/21/2020)