Sustainable food procurement : legal, social and organisational challenges / edited by Mark Stein, Maurizio Mariani, Roberto Caranta, Yiannis Polychronakis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stein, Mark, editor.

Mariani, Maurizio, editor.

Caranta, Roberto, editor.

Polychronakis, Yiannis, editor.

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Routledge studies in food, society and environment

Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food service purchasing--Europe.

Food service purchasing.

Food supply--Government policy.

Food supply.

Nutrition policy--Europe.

Nutrition policy.

Sustainable development.

Grocery trade.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 234 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon ; New York : Routledge, 2024.

Biography/History:

Mark Stein is a research associate at the University of Salford, UK, where he completed his PhD on sustainable food procurement. He has decades of experience working in municipal economic development, where he supported small business development, secured external funding, promoted e-commerce and developed sustainable procurement policies. Maurizio Mariani is the director of the international platform Eating City. He plays an active role in international research projects that aim to promote sustainable public food services. He has co-authored several books, such as La Ville Qui Mange (2013) and City Food Policies: Securing our daily bread in an Urbanizing World (2015). Roberto Caranta is a professor of administrative law at the University of Turin, Italy, and coordinator of Sustainability and Procurement in International, European, and National Systems (SAPIENS) International Training Network. He is the author and editor of numerous books, including European Public Procurement: Commentary to Directive 2014/24/EU (2021). Yiannis Polychronakis is the Head of Supply Chains, Procurement and Project Management in Salford University, UK. Yiannis is also an engineer with extensive industrial experience and has published his empirical work in numerous prestigious international journals and conference proceedings.

Contents:

IntroductionPART I - National experiences 1 Rise and decline of standards in UK school meal provision, 1980-2022 Mark Steinand Yiannis Polychronakis2 Sustainable public food procurement in English higher educationPenelope Giosa3 Public procurement and local food in Sweden, Denmark and the UK Mark Steinand Yiannis Polychronakis4 Public meal provision in the Baltic Sea Region: analysis of issues and challenges towards sustainable public food systemsMinna Mikkola, Urszula Ala-Karvia and Mark Stein5 Sustainable public food procurement in FranceIsabelle Hasquenoph6 Sustainable public food procurement in SpainJosé Pernas Garcíaand Ximena Lazo Vitoria7 Sustainable public food procurement in Brazilian schools: an obligation under and beyond the National School Feeding Programme (Programa Nacional de Almentação Escolar - PNAE)Chiara Falvo8 Sustainable food procurementand universities: a participative and eco-innovative tender for the vending machines at the University of TurinNadia Teccoand Egidio Dansero9 Sustainable public food procurement in Italy: Minimum Environmental Criteria and definitions of sustainability Andrea Appolloni, Wenjuan Cheng, Giorgia Masili, Daniele Binciand Mark Stein10 Designingand measuring sustainability and social impacts of food serviceMaurizio Mariani, Robin Gourlay andGiulia Caddeo11 The European "meal voucher" market and its evolutionMaurizio MarianiPART II - Future scenarios for sustainable procurement of food and catering 12 The impact of the "Farm To Fork" strategy on sustainable food and cateringRoberto Caranta13 Transforming food systems: the role of public procurementMarta Andhov, Sven Mikulic and Line Rise Nielsen14 A paradigm shift in public food serviceMaurizio Mariani

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed February 26th, 2024).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781003393023

1003393020

9781040014714

1040014712

9781040014745

1040014747

Publisher Number:

40032262336

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.