2013 SUSTAINABLE FOODS WORKING GROUP

The Sustainable Food Systems Working Group consists of 13 members including students, staff, and faculty, charged on August 28, 2013 to “explore local and sustainable food issues on campus,” and to propose recommendations that will help Colgate set specific goals and assessments for increasing the proportion of local and sustainable food in our campus food systems. During the 2013 fall semester, the group met six times and completed a number of research projects between meetings. This research included: a survey of the relevant food practices of 17 of our peer institutions, interviews with dining managers at other institutions and Sodexo corporate staff, review of numerous sustainable dining reports and plans developed by other institutions, and detailed comparison of sustainable dining metrics, including the Real Food Challenge (RFC) and the STARSb program developed through the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE).

• 2013 Colgate Sustainable Food Systems Working Group.pdf