help create procurement systems where local schools and other institutions use of local food.
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The draft Greenest City Action Plan includes an action to create a local food procurement strategy for City facilities.
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NOTE: shelagh lindsey's idea "farmers' markets" has been merged with this one.
Institutions like Cavell Gardens which is a seniors independent community will not buy food from farmers' markets or directly ftrom the supplier because tthe produce has not met the standards of the Health Canada Food inspection agency