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BIPOC Sourcing LFPA – Our model
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BIPOC Sourcing LFPA – Our model
Hi all!
Thanks for a great call a couple weeks ago. Out of that call we’re planning a great session in November with a panel to discuss ways Farm to Food Assistance programs can develop mutually supportive relationships with BIPOC farmers.
As part of that conversation, I’d love to share a draft of what we’re proposing in California as way to implement our LFPA. In our case, most of the food will be allocated to food banks around the state. To engage local farms in every region of the state, we will be issuing contracts to formal and informal food hubs that are aggregating food. These could be non-profits, small food hubs, or farms themselves. The question this begs then is how do you award contracts based on the funding priorities of LFPA? Our solution is to create an open bidding process where potential applications aren’t measured against each other by price, but by the effectiveness of their value chain in reaching BIPOC growers as well as their ability to deliver food to the desired cultural preferences of their food bank’s community.
I’ve attached a draft solicitation that I would love feedback on. In this document, you will see what contracts look like, how an aggregator can apply, what grading criteria we are assigning, as well as the table for where the aggregator will list their farm info. This is not final. Our project will likely not begin until 2023, so we are in the process of gathering feedback from farms and food hubs about this proposed model. Any input y’all have is very welcome! Feel free to post in here or reach out to me directly at [email protected]
And hope you all have a very spooky Halloween!
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Andy! This is incredible- wanted to say thanks for sharing. I am going to reach out directly but I encourage folks to take a look at this resource!
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Andy!
Thank you so much for sharing this. We are hungry for any and all models out there with clear metrics/goals around BIPOC farmers. I am going to email directly with some questions/thoughts but I encourage folks to take a look at this.
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This is a beautiful template. Thank you so much for sharing, Andy! Will be sharing with my team.
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