Squash-colorized grass-blue pattern overlay.jpg — Kitchen Sync Strategies works with your institution to identify, procure, and serve food that is better for your people and our planet.

We support institutional food service groups to meet their values-based purchasing goals

We understand the challenges of sourcing local, sustainable food at scale. We know that your operation is unique, and whether you run a K-12 school, healthcare, or college campus foodservice department, we’re ready to roll up our sleeves and work with you. From finding the right farmers to rewriting your RFPs to providing procurement impact metrics of your daily foodservice, we can help you achieve your institution’s food purchasing goals.

We provide you with local options

We are constantly growing our network of sustainable, local farms and food aggreagtors. Whether you're seeking fresh milled flours or local organic lentils, we'll find the products you need and help you find the right fit.

We find the right products for your budget

We know foodservice always comes with constraints, and we understand that price is critical for your operation. We work to connect you with producers who won't make you sacrifice your values for volume.

We add value to your menus

We believe strongly in supporting foodservice leaders to buy better food for their customers. We track data and metrics all the way down to the farm level that help you communicate the value of the food you purchase- be it environmental, economic, or social.

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Kitchen Sync helps Camden City (NJ) School District procure sustainable, equitable school food

In collaboration with the National Farm to School Network and other partners, we work to support the Camden school foodservice leaders craft and award a third-party foodservice management contract that provides students with more healthy, culturally appropriate, environmentally and economically sustainable food options.

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Kitchen Sync supports Austin ISD to reach GFPP goals

We helped Austin’s largest public school district navigate the complexities and challenges of Good Food Purchasing Program (GFPP) to reach its procurement goals and we increased the amount of local purchasing by over $1m in just one year (including large purchases of local grass-fed beef).

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Kitchen Sync helps City of Boston and Boston Public Schools excel with Good Food Purchasing

We help the largest public school district in New England succeed with its ambitious goals in the Good Food Purchasing Program (GFPP). We support City and School District Staff to incremenetally and swiftly adjust procurement to support a more local, sustainable, and equitable food economy.

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Kaylee in Ronan, Montana says:

The support we’ve received from KSS has been a complete game changer for the development of the Northwest Food Hub Network. Their team’s work has been instrumental to increasing market access for the Network’s food hubs and their small-scale producers in multiple institutional market channels in the Northwest, from major hospitals and universities to statewide K12 lunch programs. Elliott’s wealth of connections in the food systems development world and tireless work to build relationships with new stakeholders has opened many exciting doors﹘both for the NWFHN and for Mission West Community Development Partners.

Grace in Denver, Colorado says:

The team at Kitchen Sync Strategies sees the forest and the trees when it comes to food systems. They understand the complexities of the big picture and capably translate that understanding into nuanced project design and implementation. Most importantly, Kitchen Sync takes the time to build genuine relationships within and around the work. The National Western Center's New Markets Accelerator is delivering on its promise due in large part to the personal investment and diligent service of our Kitchen Sync project lead, Elliott Smith.

Misty in Austin, Texas says:

Kitchen Sync Strategies offered great support to the Austin ISD's Food Services Procurement Team. They supported our work by providing an innovative perspective on the complexities of procurement. KSS created tools to help guide our procurement team with the advancement of GFPP goals.

Our Story

Kitchen Sync started in 2019 to help connect more people to good food and more big institutions to small farmers. We believe helping suppliers of local, sustainable, and fair food succeed in the institutional marketplace is critical to building fairer, healthier regional food economies.

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We are eager to connect and help you bring fresh, healthy food to your customers. Reach out today to start a conversation and let's see what we can cook up!

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