A recent study commissioned by the Tanzania Organic Agriculture Movement found that the country’s organic farmers are receiving insufficient support from the state. With benefits to consumer health, the environment and the national economy, the organic sector should not be undervalued. The same can be said for the nutritional needs of the users of Tanzania’s public institutions. Despite being a food self-sufficient country at the national level, malnutrition amongst school-aged children in rural Tanzania remains a problem. One source of nutrition for this group has been the School Meals Programme run by the World Food Programme (WFP), which has provided school meals for over 370,000 children in rural Tanzania. With plans being drawn up for the school meals programme to become state-run comes an opportunity to not only maximize nutrition amongst young people, but also support and promote a neglected industry, which comprises 148,610 organic certified farmers. This policy brief calls for the development of an Institutional Procurement Programme in Tanzania, beginning with the integration of ecological organic family farmers into the School Meals Programme. It encourages Government to encourage public institutions to source food grown ecologically by family farmers in Tanzania in order to provide healthy meals with appropriate dietary content, while boosting the rural economy.