Directing a greater percentage of their budget to local farmers, processors and distributors could improve public health and farmer livelihood, while creating jobs and economic growth.
Public institutions in New York serve 6.6 million meals a year, feeding people in places including schools, hospitals, government agencies and prisons. Collectively, these institutions spend over $957 million of dollars a year on food. Directing a greater percentage of their budget to local farmers, processors and distributors could improve public health and farmer livelihood while creating jobs and economic growth, suggests a new report from the American Farmland Trust, New York Academy of Medicine, Farm to Institution New York State and Designing A Strong and Healthy New York.
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