Intervening factors in local food acquisition from family farming for the school feeding program

School feeding in Brazil faces implementation challenges and is structured around the National School Feeding Program, which runs in all municipalities. Thus, this study aims to identify different local administrative, political, and institutional responses adopted at the local level with federal resources transferred to purchase food from family farming, according to law 11947/2009. The research explored the case of two municipalities of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais that, despite having similar geographic characteristics, record different performances in complying with the legislation. The cases analyzed express a set of methods aimed at understanding the dynamics surrounding the state in action, demonstrating concrete aspects of the challenges and potentials associated with the insertion of this public in institutional markets.