Adding more local to the menu in long-term care facilities

Nine long-term care facilities in Ontario harnessed their purchasing power to serve up more local food to residents, and the benefits are paying off. Residents are enjoying more fresh, local meat and produce, staff have a new appreciation for local food, and purchases are strengthening the province’s agricultural sector. Every year, Ontario’s Broader Public Sector institutions spend an estimated $745 million on food and beverages. That prompted members of the Golden Horseshoe Food and Farming Alliance (GHFFA) – a group of Ontario regional municipalities and agri-food organizations – to add more local food to the menu. They set a goal to increase local food procurement by five per cent in nine long-term care facilities over two and half years. They never dreamed how the

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