Good Food Purchasing Initiative is Launching 2024 Coalition Steering Council

Gfpi coalition steering council

Overview

The Metro Chicago Good Food Purchasing Initiative (GPFI) is looking to launch the inaugural GFPI Steering Council that will consist of seven coalition members (including two co-chairs) representing diverse sectors, lived experience, and perspectives. Steering Council members will serve two-year staggered terms and no more than two consecutive terms. At launch, we are seeking one co-chair and two other members to serve a one-year term.

Mission & Vision

We work to ensure that the places feeding our communities purchase and serve food that advances a good food system for all. Good food is accessible, equitable, racially just, healthy, fair, local, humane, and sustainable.

We envision a food system where our community institutions contribute to a liberatory foodshed driven by those who have been structurally excluded from control over food production & access.

Additional information about GFPI’s transition to a coalition model can be found here.

We invite you to complete the form below by 11:59pm CT Monday, April 15th, 2024 to nominate yourself and/or other individual(s). Please direct any questions to Mabel Shiu (Good Food Purchasing Initiative Director, mabel@chicagofoodpolicy.com).