Food service cohort session: Sustainable food purchasing
November 12, 2024
Food service cohort session: Sustainable food purchasing
4–5 pm ET (1–2 pm PT)
Purchasing environmentally sustainable and high welfare food is an essential strategy for hospitals interested in reducing food production's carbon and water footprint, caring for animal well-being, and advancing public health and worker safety. During this interactive session, attendees will explore their challenges in buying environmentally sustainable foods and workshop solutions for maximizing impact.
Discussion questions:
- Has your organization set goals or targets to purchase sustainable food and beverages?
- What are your biggest challenges to purchasing sustainable food?
- What purchasing solutions has your organization used and what were the results?
- What would help you advance your sustainable food purchasing work?
Maxie Blasini Román
Job Title
Regional Program Manager
Organization
Health Care Without Harm
Maxie (she/her) brings 7+ years of experience in human health, academic research, coalition building, advocacy, and community organizing for climate action, social justice, and environmental health. She is a passionate weaver that integrates her various fields of expertise to nurture systems change to build a safe and equitable future that fosters prosperous, healthful, and thriving communities. She is a Certified Health Coach, and a Restorative Justice Practices facilitator, and holds a Master of Science in Physiology and Biophysics with a focus on Integrative Medicine and Health from Georgetown University.
Emma Sirois
Job Title
National Director, Healthy Food in Health Care
Organization
Health Care Without Harm
Emma has dedicated herself over the last 25 years to building a better food system that nourishes our bodies, communities, and planet. In her current role, she leads a team of content experts and organizers to engage the health care sector to use their economic, social, and political influence to support the development of healthy, sustainable, and equitable food systems. Emma holds a master’s in Urban and Environmental Planning from Arizona State University.
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