How the Good Eats Company, a subsidiary of Sodexo, collaborated with Kitchen Table Advisors to develop a fresh produce BIPOC foodservice sourcing pilot with six accounts in Northern California.
Five Keys for Success
To support BIPOC growers, promote sustainable agricultural practices, and provide high-quality fresh produce to consumers in Northern California, Good Eat developed a pilot project that achieved positive outcomes and sustainable impacts while contributing to both the economic empowerment of marginalized communities and environmental stewardship across the region.
While the activator identified the carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation potential of some regenerative practices, it chose to also focus on additional ecosystem benefits from these practices, including equity and local economic development, resilient regional supply chains, and biodiversity.
GEC recognized that this sourcing effort would need to go beyond the standardized and conventional model of procurement and require some measure of process change, experimentation, and iteration. Finding sites that are willing and able to have this flexibility will help ensure the pilot’s success. “The Good Eating Company (GEC) aims to source food that is produced in ways that regenerate ecosystems, cultivate healthy soils, increase biodiversity, and promote equity – creating long-term benefits for people and the environment.,” notes Renee McKeon of GEC.
As a result, GEC decided to apply this holistic lens to its procurement policies and specifically asked KTA to help identify sourcing opportunities with BIPOC farmers, especially those using regenerative practices.
Kitchen Table Advisors selected the original 6 farms in the pilot because they were Restore California grantees & thus had already expressed an interest in adopting more regenerative practices and were receiving financial support and technical assistance as part of their participation in that grant program which aims to support farms as they add soil health and carbon sequestering practices on farm. All farms are implementing at least five practices considered regenerative, including:
Small, midsized, and BIPOC farmers face enormous challenges in today’s marketplace. Market consolidation trends over the past few decades created an environment that strongly favors large producers and brokers that focus on efficiency and economies of scale over other values. Many smaller and more marginalized farmers not only can’t compete on the economies of scale that larger competitors can provide, but also don’t have access to the same market and trend information, range of buyer and industry contacts, capital, land security, dedicated sales staff, the ability to meet steep compliance requirements designed around larger suppliers, and other meaningful forms of access to the wider market.
Privileging efficiency looks rational on the surface, because buyers can enjoy the convenience of relatively reliable quality, pricing, and convenience of a limited set of suppliers per product category. However, the competing crises of global supply chain breakdown, climate change, and inflation are a powerful argument for realigning priorities among buyers. Smaller, more regional farmers can benefit from expanded market opportunities and buyers can also benefit from re-regionalizing their supply chains to reduce risk, contribute to regional economies, and invest in long-term climate outcomes.
KTA uses a variety of strategies to expand markets for farm and ranch clients under the framework of “value chain coordination” – a range of practices that involve coordination with buyers to engage in pilots (like this one!), reconsidering compliance requirements, facilitating introductions and negotiations, and connecting producers with resources to meet buyers halfway (e.g. food safety training, market reports, grants and loans, crop planning guidance, etc). In practice, pilots like this allow for the type of experimentation that is crucial for new market creation. The power of this experimentation is often in the details. Buyers become strong partners when they willingly try out new methods of menu planning, ordering processes, and communication.
Within this pilot, our key learnings have involved exactly these details. We have strongly benefited from the consistent support of GEC leadership, who have encouraged the voluntary participation of site chefs by explaining the program benefits, started a weekly email thread to review True Harvest’s product availability list, and celebrated when chefs substitute a conventional product for a True Harvest regenerative product. GEC has recognized that this voluntary approach results in some purchasing, and agrees that chef engagement is required to increase it further. It’s likely that introducing more strategies from the Just Sourcing framework such as targeted menu planning around True Harvest products, basic crop planning with farmers, and implementing more tracking and metrics for chefs beyond voluntary participation would bring purchasing up even further and help institutionalize the pilot for the long term.
As more buyers adopt this experimental and collaborative approach, the market environment can transform to one that is more just, inclusive, and resilient, while producers can gain financial security that enables more robust competition and cooperation within a regional food system–and much-needed progress towards slowing and reversing climate change.
To avoid potential stumbling block, Kitchen Table Advisors stepped in and suggested the use of True Harvest, a food hub operating in the Watsonville area that maintains extensive relationships with local BIPOC producers. Using True Harvest helped establish a single point of contact between producers and a distributor, and provided the additional benefit of a farmer-led aggregator with the ability to simplify logistics while reducing transportation costs. “Food Hubs help small organic growers bring together small quantities and selections to be more appealing to larger buyers who might otherwise turn to someone else for products,” notes Rogelio Ponce, founder of True Harvest. “We saw the need to provide a food hub where small organic growers feel valued and can connect culturally. The biggest challenge of starting a food hub is communication between all involved parties, from growers to buyers. Some necessary infrastructure includes loading docks, fork lifts, and ice machines to properly move and store produce.”
Vesta agreed to onboard True Harvest onto their platform and also created separate product codes that specifically demarcated product from True Harvest as regenerative so GEC could track these purchases separately from other products on their platform.
“It’s been wonderful to be a part of this program,” observes Chris Charlesworth, director at Vesta Foodservice. “We take great pride in supporting our customers’ initiatives, especially in regard to local and seasonal agriculture, and small family owned farms. Rogelio and his team at True Harvest have done an amazing job marketing the crops for these small growers, and their communication has been fantastic, which has been a big key to the pilot working so well. It’s been fairly effortless, and it’s great to see the program growing every week. In addition to supporting GECs needs, it’s icing on the cake to be able to drive so much new business towards these small growers. The product has been fantastic.”
“GEC will continue supporting existing partners while also working to bring new producers that may be earlier on their regenerative journey into our supply chain,” notes Renee McKeon of GEC. “In doing, so we hope to catalyze positive change, and provide a springboard for growers, in particular BIPOC producers, who wish to transition to regenerative practices.”
Through this pilot program, GEC will identify additional producers that meet its qualifications and are interested in converting to regenerative practices but may lack the secure market or startup funding to do so and work with partners to develop these suppliers. They envision doing this in partnership with other aligned regional distributors and nonprofit technical assistance providers to farms. GEC is even examining the possibility of investing in supplier development and driving the transition.
GEC engaged their chefs on a number of levels to enable and support them:
GEC anticipates scaling up in 2023 to include other farms throughout California. GEC is evaluating additional geographies to prioritize based on a number of factors including: density of operations, client interest in the Program, availability of verified regenerative supply & partners.
To understand and deepen the impact of BIPOC sourcing pilots, companies should explore more in-depth quantitative metrics, such as the percentage of BIPOC sourcing out of total food program spend, the number of unique crops sourced over time, and if possible, the dollar impact per target supplier.
Stakeholders can collaboratively determine and refine what data to track and evaluate over the course of their pilot. It’s very important to note that the burden of data collection or provision on farmers should be as minimal as possible. Qualitative data from farmers should only be collected after sales have been in progress for some time, to avoid the all-too-common injustice of requiring extra labor from BIPOC producers without remuneration.
Qualitative evaluation is another way of evaluating pilot efforts. Interviews with chefs at individual client sites can reveal nuances about how the pilot’s process changes are affecting the day-to-day operations of site staff, and opportunities for leadership to support improvements. Interviews with farmers can reveal if the pilot is meaningfully increasing their sales.
In addition to their ability to enhance, expand, and institutionalize the pilot into a foundational and impactful sourcing practice, this qualitative and quantitative data can be woven together into a cohesive story for internal and external storytelling.
It’s important to note that ensuring the success of a pilot goes far beyond simple metrics. The infrastructure, policies, and commitment laid out in the base requirements of this primer are essential – otherwise, there will be no successful sales to track. It can be tempting to declare an intention to source x dollars from x number of BIPOC suppliers and wait for results. A comprehensive set of metrics should generally evolve after infrastructure is in place, and not before, so that a program can be scaled appropriately and in context.
Key Takeaways
Here’s a few insights to consider before you undertake your own transition to more equitable sourcing decisions.
Work with regional & aligned distributors to onboard vetted new producers into existing supply chains, create new codes, channel premiums back to the farms or funders for on-farm technical assistance.
Provide increased market opportunities with values-aligned buyers in the foodservice channel for BIPOC farmers that currently face numerous market barriers.
Source regenerative product from farms certified or verified as using regenerative practices and provide these producers with increased cash flow through sales.
Support farms in the region who want to transition to regenerative agriculture practices by creating a market for their product & channeling funds to them for implementing regen practices.
Bring regenerative product into client cafés and educate consumers to increase awareness and drive additional demand for regen products.
Use these learnings to develop a working model that links small and midsized farms to corporate and institutional foodservice, and offer these learnings to other companies, organizations, farming communities, and regions.
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How can we develop alternatives to single-use plastics that are more sustainable and environmentally friendly?
Could changing the way we grow our food provide benefits for people and the planet, and even respond to climate change?
Can we meet the growing global demand for protein while reducing our reliance on traditional animal agriculture?
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Who can enter and how selections are made.
A Greener Blue is a global call to action that is open to individuals and teams from all over the world. Below is a non-exhaustive list of subjects the initiative targets.
To apply, prospective participants will need to fill out the form on the website, by filling out each part of it. Applications left incomplete or containing information that is not complete enough will receive a low score and have less chance of being admitted to the storytelling lab.
Nonprofit organizations, communities of fishers and fish farmers and companies that are seeking a closer partnership or special support can also apply by contacting hello@thelexicon.org and interacting with the members of our team.
Special attention will be given to the section of the form regarding the stories that the applicants want to tell and the reasons for participating. All proposals for stories regarding small-scale or artisanal fishers or aquaculturists, communities of artisanal fishers or aquaculturists, and workers in different steps of the seafood value chain will be considered.
Stories should show the important role that these figures play in building a more sustainable seafood system. To help with this narrative, the initiative has identified 10 principles that define a more sustainable seafood system. These can be viewed on the initiative’s website and they state:
Seafood is sustainable when:
Proposed stories should show one or more of these principles in practice.
Applications are open from the 28th of June to the 15th of August 2022. There will be 50 selected applicants who will be granted access to The Lexicon’s Total Storytelling Lab. These 50 applicants will be asked to accept and sign a learning agreement and acceptance of participation document with which they agree to respect The Lexicon’s code of conduct.
The first part of the lab will take place online between August the 22nd and August the 26th and focus on training participants on the foundation of storytelling, supporting them to create a production plan, and aligning all of them around a shared vision.
Based on their motivation, quality of the story, geography, and participation in the online Lab, a selected group of participants will be gifted a GoPro camera offered to the program by GoPro For A Change. Participants who are selected to receive the GoPro camera will need to sign an acceptance and usage agreement.
The second part of the Storytelling Lab will consist of a production period in which each participant will be supported in the production of their own story. This period goes from August 26th to October 13th. Each participant will have the opportunity to access special mentorship from an international network of storytellers and seafood experts who will help them build their story. The Lexicon also provides editors, animators, and graphic designers to support participants with more technical skills.
The final deadline to submit the stories is the 14th of October. Participants will be able to both submit complete edited stories, or footage accompanied by a storyboard to be assembled by The Lexicon’s team.
All applicants who will exhibit conduct and behavior that is contrary to The Lexicon’s code of conduct will be automatically disqualified. This includes applicants proposing stories that openly discriminate against a social or ethnic group, advocate for a political group, incite violence against any group, or incite to commit crimes of any kind.
All submissions must be the entrant’s original work. Submissions must not infringe upon the trademark, copyright, moral rights, intellectual rights, or rights of privacy of any entity or person.
Participants will retain the copyrights to their work while also granting access to The Lexicon and the other partners of the initiative to share their contributions as part of A Greener Blue Global Storytelling Initiative.
If a potential selected applicant cannot be reached by the team of the Initiative within three (3) working days, using the contact information provided at the time of entry, or if the communication is returned as undeliverable, that potential participant shall forfeit.
Selected applicants will be granted access to an advanced Storytelling Lab taught and facilitated by Douglas Gayeton, award-winning storyteller and information architect, co-founder of The Lexicon. In this course, participants will learn new techniques that will improve their storytelling skills and be able to better communicate their work with a global audience. This skill includes (but is not limited to) how to build a production plan for a documentary, how to find and interact with subjects, and how to shoot a short documentary.
Twenty of the participants will receive a GoPro Hero 11 Digital Video and Audio Cameras by September 15, 2022. Additional participants may receive GoPro Digital Video and Audio Cameras to be announced at a later date. The recipients will be selected by advisors to the program and will be based on selection criteria (see below) on proposals by Storytelling Lab participants. The selections will keep in accordance with Lab criteria concerning geography, active participation in the Storytelling Lab and commitment to the creation of a story for the Initiative, a GoPro Camera to use to complete the storytelling lab and document their story. These recipients will be asked to sign an acceptance letter with terms of use and condition to receive the camera.
The Lexicon provides video editors, graphic designers, and animators to support the participants to complete their stories.
The submitted stories will be showcased during international and local events, starting from the closing event of the International Year of Fisheries and Aquaculture 2022 in Rome, in January 2023. The authors of the stories will be credited and may be invited to join.
Storytelling lab participation:
Applicants that will be granted access to the storytelling Lab will be evaluated based on the entries they provided in the online form, and in particular:
Applications will be evaluated by a team of 4 judges from The Lexicon, GSSI and the team of IYAFA (Selection committee).
When selecting applications, the call promoters may request additional documentation or interviews both for the purpose of verifying compliance with eligibility requirements and to facilitate proposal evaluation.
Camera recipients:
Participants to the Storytelling Lab who will be given a GoPro camera will be selected based on:
The evaluation will be carried out by a team of 4 judges from The Lexicon, GSSI and the team of IYAFA (Selection committee).
Incidental expenses and all other costs and expenses which are not specifically listed in these Official Rules but which may be associated with the acceptance, receipt and use of the Storytelling Lab and the camera are solely the responsibility of the respective participants and are not covered by The Lexicon or any of the A Greener Blue partners.
All participants who receive a Camera are required to sign an agreement allowing GoPro for a Cause, The Lexicon and GSSI to utilize the films for A Greener Blue and their promotional purposes. All participants will be required to an agreement to upload their footage into the shared drive of The Lexicon and make the stories, films and images available for The Lexicon and the promoting partners of A Greener Blue.
