Giving Compass' Take:

•  Jose Olivia, campaign director for HEAL Food Alliance, discusses how collective power can help all of us buy healthier and higher quality food products.  

• Why is it important to encourage food consumerism based on your values? What is the role of collective impact in the food system? 

• Learn how responsible food sourcing and soil health can save the planet. 

On “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” campaign director of HEAL Food Alliance Jose Olivia talks about the importance of sourcing food responsibly. “Given that we understand the negative impact food has on health, the environment, on labor, imagine the changes that we can have if we shift marketplaces because we have control of that public coffer. [Food] procurement shouldn’t be based on who has the cheapest, crappiest food that you can sell me the quickest, procurement should be based on our values,” says Oliva.

Read the full article about collective power for food by Rob Pera at Food Tank.