Additional
Resources

“Future Policy Award 2018: The Good Food Purchasing Program, USA” by Paula Daniels, Alexa Delwiche (published by Frontiers, Jan 2022) Journal article outlining GFPP and how GFPP came to be.

A book I co-edited: True Cost Accounting for Food: Balancing the Scale. (2021, Routledge) Edited By Barbara Gemmill-Herren, Lauren E. Baker, Paula A. Daniels. This book explains how True Cost Accounting is an effective tool we can use to address the pervasive imbalance in our food system.

“True Cost of School Meals: School Meals Case Study” (November 2021) I co-authored this case study with the Rockefeller Foundation, applying a true cost accounting methodology to US school meals programs, and forecasting the net positive impacts if there were a shift to local suppliers, among other shifts, for 30% of food purchasing in these programs.

“Investing in a Good Food Future” (May 2020, Medium; reprinted in the e-book compilation, Resilience Matters: Reimagining the Future in a Tumultuous Year. [2021, Island Press, edited by Mazur, L.]) we provide recommendations on public policy investments for a “Good Food” system — one that is rooted in community resilience, equity, sustainability, and health.

“What Hurricanes Warn Us About the Future of Food” (September 2018, Medium; reprinted in the book, “Resilience Matters: Strengthening Communities in an Era of Upheaval” (2019, Island Press, edited by Mazur, L.) My thoughts about some key priorities for Hawai’i in developing a more localized food system, and why it’s necessary.

“Designing a Renewable Food System” (January 2017) Stanford Social Innovation Review.  Essay comparing the renewable energy trajectory to a pathway for food system reform.

“Domestic Farmed Fish Production: an overview of governance and oversight in the US aquaculture industry” (2015, Routledge) A book chapter in the book Political Ecologies of Meat, edited by Emel, J. and Neo, H.

“Know Your Fish Farm” (January 2014) A report developed as a Stanton Fellowship project, regarding the potential for closed loop aquaculture systems to be part of a local food system to address environmental and food access issues.

“Water Use Efficiency and Jobs” (December 2011) Commissioned, produced and served in lead editorial role in this study by the Economic Roundtable regarding the job impacts of water use efficiency projects, including a comparison to energy retrofits and traditional industry.

“The Good Food for All Agenda: Creating a New Regional Food System for Los Angeles” (July 2010) Developed, produced and edited this report of the Los Angeles Food Policy Task Force.

Arranging a World Around Good Food
How do you begin to come up with definitions for good food, sustainable food, and fair food? (2025)

Good News on the Menu
Transforming our food system one county, one school district at a time. (2024)

Paula Daniels
How diversity-driven thinking and the power of procurement can drive transformative change in food systems and public policy. (2023)

Food System Clubhouse
How the Center for Good Food Purchasing leverages institutional buying power to build a more equitable, sustainable food system that benefits communities, farmers, and public institutions. (2021)

Building a More Equitable Food System in a Time of Crisis
How the COVID-19 crisis can be used to build a more resilient and equitable food system. (2020)

The Future Reset: Building a Healthy Food System
How to build a more sustainable and healthy food system that prioritizes the science of nutrition and reduces food waste. (2020)

Food Systems for Thriving Together
The food system we've inherited, the current state of our food system, and moves we can make in our food system to thrive together. (2020)

A Visionary Voices Conversation
Paula Daniels, Co-founder and Chair of the Center for Good Food Purchasing, shares her journey to co-create this now national organization. (2019)

California Drought & LAFPC
Paula Daniels discusses California’s drought, sustainable agriculture solutions like aquaculture, and how the Good Food Purchasing Policy drives healthier, more equitable local food systems. (2015)